DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Winter warm spell

5 Simon & Garfunkel’s “El Condor __” 9 Sneer (at) 14 Texas home of Baylor University 15 CPR pros 16 Jazz clarinetist Shaw 17 National Portrait Gallery, e.g. 19 Ugh-inducing 20 Observes secretly 21 67-Across exile 23 Dollar bills 24 Freebies for tourists 28 Soda container 30 List-shortening abbr.

31 The Emerald Isle 32 Ideology suffix 33 Little fluid holder 35 Altered, as voting districts 37 Merged labor org. 38 Medium for many talk shows ... and an apt place to discuss six puzzle answers?

40 “Give __ break” 41 Soldiers’ support

gp. since 1944 43 Sign gas

44 “Life of Pi”

director Lee 45 “How ya __?” 46 Not __ snuff:

unsatisfactory 48 “Cats” poet’s

monogram 49 Rosary recital 51 Conveyer of tears 54 Taiwan-based laptop giant 55 Spanish island, to locals 58 Deep cleft 61 Puzzle solver’s breakthrough, e.g. 63 Tickle 64 Dorothy’s dog 65 Tiny fraction of

a min.

66 Jabs with a finger 67 Genesis paradise 68 Concerning

DOWN

1 First word of “A Visit From St. Nicholas” 2 Large plucked instrument 3 Film often with chase scenes 4 Alumnae, e.g. 5 Cuban coins 6 Blessing conclusion 7 Good name for a cook 8 Eritrea’s capital 9 Yemen’s capital 10 Hit the books at the last minute 11 Extra NBA periods

12 In top form 13 “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” actress Tina

18 Put in the game 22 Texas border city 24 Home of the Braves 25 Inflatable bed for a guest 26 Grooms, bird-style 27 Municipal waste 28 Noisy summer insect

29 “I, Robot” author 30 Organ with a lobe

33 Napa Valley vessel 34 “There’s no doubt!” 36 Long, long time 39 “Gloria in Excelsis __”

42 All together 47 Illicit video producer 50 High points 51 Evil spirit 52 Card game inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame in 2018 53 Pause-causing punctuation 55 Hand on deck 56 Tech news site 57 “I Got You Babe” label 58 Ballplayer’s hat 59 Managed care gp. 60 Arctic seabird 62 Coal scuttle