Today’s Crossword
ACROSS 1 Fix 7 Egyptian symbols of royalty 11 Fitness stat. 14 Greeted casually, with “to” 15 Grill 17 Classic London theatre 18 They raise camp spirit 19 Arrive on an air taxi 20 Cereal box rank 21 North-of-the-border gas 22 “Could be better” 24 Second of a Caesarean three 26 Undressed 29 “Squawk Box” channel 31 Feinted 35 Cheese town 36 Abruzzi bell town 37 The Congo, formerly 38 Tune (out) 39 Agonize (over) 41 Catching strategy 42 Key wood 44 Hyatt competitor 45 Horde 46 Slow movement 47 Canter 48 Pre-event periods 49 Pyramid, to Tut 51 Kindle reader, say 53 Quartet named for its members 56 QED word 58 Major relative to F minor 62 Checked (on) 64 Mock 65 Barely a trace 66 Party to a search 67 Is for some 68 Declines 69 Least well
DOWN 1 Dating from 2 Hard to believe 3 Not like asty 4 Carefully consider, literally 5 Slacks material 6 Kool-Aid alternative 7 Marine opening? 8 Add to the list of possible perps, literally 9 Lowly laborers 10 Cooking-burger sound 11 Dust jacket blurbs 12 Manicures, in a way 13 __ many words 16 Ail, literally 20 Rein in, literally 23 One who crosses the
line 25 Wood dresser 26 Gem mounting 27 Pueblo building
material 28 Talked nonstop 30 Stomach relief,
briefly 32 Bolshoi rival 33 White out 34 Firm parts: abbr. 40 Runs out of juice 43 Hoo’s first? 50 Social __ 52 Brainstorming
staple 53 Operatic Gluck 54 Dutch colonist 55 Put to sleep 57 Unwanted workers 59 Uncle to Ben Solo 60 Vitamin C sources 61 Libel or slander 63 Doubtful interjections 64 Tire shop meas.