DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Aesop’s “The __ in the Lion’s Skin” 4 Rips off 8 Batter’s position 14 Phone ringing onstage, perhaps 15 “Star Wars” critter 16 More homey 17 “Don’t know yet,” on skeds 18 iPad model 19 Ways to go 20 “The Iceman Cometh” playwright 23 Emmy category 24 Fed. accounting agency 25 Winery vessel 28 Sir Winston Churchill’s ancestral home 33 Pulled in different directions 34 High-end watch 35 Quick punches 39 Victim of Artemis, in some accounts 42 Cream of the crop 43 Pungent 45 “NFL on CBS” sportscaster Gumbel 47 Cocoa butter treat 53 Stage background 54 “__-ching!” 55 Single-handed 57 Passenger compartments, and an apt description of this puzzle’s circles 61 Italian sub meat 64 Facility 65 Stroller rider 66 Gets dolled up 67 British singer __ Ora 68 “True Detective” network 69 Certify 70 No longer fizzy 71 “Uh-huh”

DOWN

1 Played the part 2 Commuter’s destination 3 Action star Steven 4 Leftover 5 Toddler’s scrape, to the toddler 6 Irish singer/ philanthropist 7 Onion exterior 8 Act frugally 9 Handy strip of computer icons 10 Blue, in Barcelona 11 Insect egg 12 Chute opening? 13 Stumbling sounds 21 Suffix with morph 22 Around the 30th: abbr. 25 Low-lying area 26 Breezes through 27 Written words 29 Follower of boo, woo or yoo 30 Choose answer (a) instead of (b), say 31 “The Princess Bride” swordsman __ Montoya 32 Arcing shot 35 Top-grossing film of 1975 36 Ice pack target 37 Tube rider, perhaps 38 Grab a chair 40 Tolkien creature 41 “The Matrix” hero 44 Literally pulls up stakes 46 Give the evil eye 48 Resurrection figure 49 Japanese yes 50 “True Detective” star Mahershala __ 51 Like some grins 52 Dress for the choir 56 Legally prohibit 57 Got to the party 58 Lightweight ball brand 59 Shadow 60 “¿Cómo __ usted?” 61 Massage venue 62 Hotel lobby display 63 Illuminated

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