DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Get all mushy 5 Promising

location 10 Jewelry designer

Peretti

14 “Then again,”

in tweets

15 “How nifty!” 16 Just the best 17 Group for cardboard toy enthusiasts? 20 “My Brilliant Friend” novelist Ferrante 21 “Breathe Me”

singer

22 Back in style 23 Gasteyer of

“Wine Country” 25 ebay sale

condition 27 Capital of Japan 28 Imminent

32 Filing tool 34 Group for Roomba enthusiasts? 37 Livens (up) 40 Forestall

41 UFO crew,

probably

42 Gem weight 43 “Little Girl Blue”

singer Simone 44 Group for big-rig

enthusiasts? 46 Misfortunes 48 Quaint school

dance

49 Defense

advisory gp. 51 Road-trip stops 54 Obi-__ Kenobi 55 Inbox filler

57 Fútbol fan’s cry 59 __ & Gabbana

fashion house 63 Group for Merriamwebster enthusiasts? 66 Yoga pose that requires balancing on one foot 67 San Diego’s __

Park

68 Part of an EGOT 69 Wet septet

70 Pallid 71 Noodle that may be served in dashi broth

DOWN

1 Sulk

2 “And so forth” abbr.

3 Easy stride 4 Baseball film featuring a bat named “Wonderboy” 5 “Your point is?” 6 Signs of summer 7 “Rocky” actress Shire

8 Book of maps 9 Milne joey 10 Novel ending? 11 High vantage point

12 Skyline standout 13 __ Martin: “Skyfall” car 18 Went on a quick errand

19 Major in astronomy? 24 Blazer sleeve 26 Needle 28 Director Reitman 29 Blue-skinned

race in “Avatar” 30 Picture-perfect

spot

31 Fencing category 33 Online source of

study guides 35 PIN point? 36 Several CBS

forensic dramas 38 __ Alto, California 39 Recipe part 42 Insect with a

17-year life cycle 44 Nine-digit ID 45 Bearer of good

moos? 47 Country singer Mccann

49 Pond critters 50 Gooey treat 52 Snouts 53 Slow-moving creature

56 __ of March 58 Latin “Behold!” 60 Long way to go? 61 Grooming tool 62 “Orinoco Flow” singer 64 Pampering place 65 Charged particle