DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Blow a gasket 6 Tediously familiar 11 “That’s a pretty

low __”

14 Angled cut 15 Love, in Italian 16 Female sheep 17 Swimming trunks worn by some surfers 19 Youngster

20 One playing

hooky

21 From stem to __ 23 Country music’s __

Brown Band 26 Plant family that includes tomatoes and eggplant 28 Cold-weather

coat

31 Cheek colorers 32 Old Delta rival 33 Sample 36 Lemons 37 Guardian

angel, e.g. 40 Telephone-onthe-web tech 42 Muslim scholar 43 Gumption 46 Consume, as food 48 Make precious 49 Salad vegetable that may be red, yellow, or green 53 Genetic material 54 Pay increase 55 Mount where

Noah landed 58 Citrus drink

suffix

59 Common time for homework, and where to find the starts of 17-, 26-, 37-, and 49-Across

64 La Brea __ Pits 65 Inform against 66 Delivery room

helper

67 Calm part of a

hurricane 68 Scissors

sounds 69 Blubbers

DOWN

1 Flow back

2 __ Speedwagon 3 Charlottesville

sch.

4 Jaunty

5 Abbr. before a

synopsis 6 Persian faith that promotes spiritual unity 7 In the middle of 8 Word with

due or true 9 Installation

object

10 Not as much 11 Under fire 12 Bestowed,

as a grant 13 Sign of irritation 18 Pocketed,

as a pool ball 22 Landed hard 23 Hit with a laser 24 “Love, Victor”

actress Ortiz 25 “The Godfather”

right-hand man 27 Pants, slangily 29 Descends,

as a rock wall

30 “Who __ to

judge?”

33 Low-lit

34 “When will

u b here?” 35 Studio whose films begin with a roaring lion 38 Ceremonial event 39 Roadside lodging 40 Text alert option 41 Like many

multivitamins 44 Passenger

transport

45 Span of time

47 Asparagus units 48 __ on the side of caution

50 Punk icon Smith 51 Area before surgery, briefly 52 Works hard for 56 “Thunderstruck” rock band 57 Recurring role for Chris Hemsworth 60 Groupie

61 French “yes” 62 Nashville’s Grand __ Opry

63 __ Vegas Aces