DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Grammy category word 6 “And here it is!” 11 Pickup spot, perhaps 14 Take a break 15 “Return of the Jedi” forest moon 16 Fashion or sense preceder 17 *Like power lines 19 Band booking 20 Conspiring (with) 21 Cake invitation Alice accepted 23 Does, say 24 *End an engagement? 27 Alternative rock genre 29 “Come on in!” 30 Any member of ABBA

33 What a birdie beats 34 Aromatic herb 37 ’90s game disc 38 *Teddy kin 42 One of the fire signs

43 Pull a fast one on 45 Served, as time 46 Brilliance 48 One-footer, e.g. 50 Gray shade 51 *Feature items in some annual sales 55 World-weary words

59 Up

60 Babe __, only woman in ESPN’s Top 10 North American Athletes of the 20th Century 62 Life-saving pro 63 Simple card game, and what’s hidden in the answers to starred clues 66 __-disant: self-styled 67 Ancient Aegean region

68 “The Wreck of the Mary __” 69 Channel that airs many RKO films 70 __ closet

71 John of “The Addams Family”

DOWN

1 Agricultural pest 2 “Rawhide” singer 3 Taps player 4 Brought (in) 5 Like a footnote that explains footnotes 6 Locale

7 Early stage 8 Dictator played by Forest 9 Leicester toilet 10 Journalist Peter 11 Time of one’s life 12 Cartoon genre 13 Continued unabated 18 “The one who makes it, takes it” breakfast brand 22 Breezed through 25 Recipe verb 26 Crucifix letters 28 Fellows

30 Beach letters 31 Try to attract 32 Lacking humility 33 Third deg.? 35 Verdant patch 36 Auction unit 39 “Gotcha!” 40 Singer Vannelli 41 Some RIT grads 44 After-hours 47 Supplies power to 49 #2, for one 50 ’60s-’70s tennis great Arthur 51 Extract forcibly 52 Bleachers sign 53 David and Ricky’s dad 54 Israeli hero Moshe 56 Drum kit part 57 Motherly introduction? 58 German steel center 61 Operatic princess 64 Versailles monarch 65 Taylor of fashion

By Alan Olschwang © 2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC.