DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sneaker feature 5 Balance scale

container

8 Plays the role of 14 Milky white gem 15 Focus of modernday surfing 16 Most achy 17 *Spends time in

the gym

19 Shrimp entrée 20 Prime meridian

std.

21 Make into law 23 Quaking tree 24 One of the Coen

brothers 26 *Upscale eatery service for topper wearers 28 Big-time celeb

31 P-like Greek letter 32 ACLU issues 33 Smell really bad 34 Crosses (out) 36 Antiquated 38 James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue

42 “__ on my watch!” 43 Chaney of horror

films

44 Where some

surfers shop 47 Nonprofit URL

ending

50 __ Lingus 52 Ophthalmologist’s

field

54 *Times Square New Year’s Eve custom 57 Calf-length skirts 58 Like the sea when waves are crashing

59 NFL Dolphins’

home 62 Bloodshot 63 Broadway’s Ethel 65 *When employment ends, formally 67 Cheese in some

bagels 68 Freight weight 69 Old Spice competitor 70 Balanced conditions 71 Aardvark’s morsel 72 Common flag symbol

DOWN

1 Transmission choice for steep ascents

2 Biblical disciple 3 One driving the wrong way? 4 Lodge member 5 Menial laborer 6 Océano filler 7 V-shaped slit 8 Pack animal 9 Pepsi rival 10 Vandalize

11 Start of the Marines’ motto 12 Appearance 13 Smells really bad 18 Dispatched 22 Driveway material 25 Welcome to one’s home

27 Like rosebushes 29 New Hampshire prep school town 30 Actor Stephen 35 NBC weekend show

37 Cinque times due 39 Blowup on the highway 40 Buck’s partner 41 Annual hoops player selection event

45 Short operatic solo 46 “Whatever you say, honey” 47 Trumps’ White House predecessors 48 Least cooked 49 Vocalist Estefan

51 CD follower 53 Radiate 55 Asian priests 56 Michelangelo masterwork 60 Neural transmitter 61 Like new 64 Turndowns 66 Courtroom figs.