Today’s Crossword
ACROSS
1 Scratch __: woodworking tools 5 Split wide open 9 Green “Sesame Street” character 14 Scallion relative 15 Sea predator 16 Asian city translating to “place of the gods” 17 *Protection for a press feeding frenzy? 19 Tight headgear 20 Masseur’s workplace 21 Word with fly or about 22 Shining example 24 What a burglar hopes not to be 26 *Result of nodding off at an auction? 27 *Sandwich-centric extremists? 30 Fort Collins sch. 31 Merits 32 Italian capital 34 Dilute 38 Letters for John Smith? 39 Besmirch 42 Dudley the Dinosaur’s org. 43 Books with test answers 45 Twitter’s bird, e.g. 46 One with a title 48 Cry of discovery 50 *Where to read all the latest computer port news? 52 *Female employee of a tech giant? 56 Poems of praise 57 Lincoln output 58 “No seats” sign 59 Egg producer ... and product 62 Tuesday dish? 63 Rating reduction responsible for the answers to starred clues 66 Expect 67 Northern terminus of I-79 68 Lute family members 69 ATM features 70 Kind of lily 71 Tendency
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1 Help for the poor 2 Sob 3 Acting on bad advice 4 __ jump 5 Explode 6 Parched 7 Chem. pollutant banned in 1979 8 Canvas support 9 Elvis hits, e.g. 10 Decathlon event 11 Chocolate substitute 12 “Me too” 13 Lost it 18 Elder hostile? 23 River through New Mexico 25 Seaside eagle 26 Immobilizing lawenforcement tool 27 Nose, slangily 28 Camp sight, perhaps 29 Forrest Gump, for one 33 Some are tributarios 35 Cordial greeting 36 Notion 37 Not 40 Budget competitor 41 Cylindrical sandwich 44 Took care of things 47 Sorrow 49 Construction site apparatuses 51 World’s third-largest island 52 Tiny bits 53 Serious fight 54 Former Portuguese terri- tory in China 55 Aconcagua’s range 58 Way more than a sip 60 Paradise 61 Animal home 64 Willamette Valley state: abbr. 65 Obstacle