Today’s Crossword
ACROSS
1 Sound from Rover 4 Quite anxious 11 Canada’s most populous prov.
14 Corporate VIP 15 Pudding choice 16 Canada’s least populous prov.
17 Mess up
18 *Sci-fi energy ray that
grabs ships
20 Set of guidelines, as for
grading papers
22 Big stretch of time 23 Pay to play
24 Tattle
25 Cheer on
27 __ Moines
28 Hailed car
30 Sign before Virgo 31 “Then what happened?” 33 Sang 29-Down
35 Tattle
38 “Joltin’” DiMaggio 39 Puts in new film 40 “Dawg!”
41 Columnist Landers 42 Sees right through 43 Salt Lake City athlete 44 Family cat, e.g.
46 In medias __
47 “Big Brother” channel 49 Soda can feature 52 Yacht spot
55 Word of lament for
“poor Yorick” 56 __-pitch softball
58 The “U” in “MVEMJSUN” 59 Small, influential group ... and a hint to the word hidden in each answer to a starred clue 62 Suffix with ranch 63 “Norma __”: Sally Field film
64 Witty remarks
65 ID on a W-9 form 66 Concorde, e.g., briefly 67 Martyred bishop of Paris
68 “Ha! Told ya!”
DOWN
1 Taiwanese laptops 2 Syndicated sitcom, say
3 *Sci-fi classic featuring Robby the Robot
4 Top stories
5 Durable wood
6 Mental health org. 7 Beans go-with 8 *Vessels pulling
water-skiers
9 Budget, in product names
10 Patriotic women’s org. 11 *Sign outside a new store
12 “That’s awesome!” 13 Sometimes egg-shaped kitchen gadget 19 Diminish 21 Numbered rd.
26 Auto pioneer 28 *Unable to tell red from green, say 29 Without company 31 “How to Get Away With Murder” actress __ Naomi King 32 “Smoking or __?” 33 French “his” 34 Tokyo, once
36 Word after op or pop 37 Foot part
39 “Hud” director Martin 45 Ultimatum word 47 Tender touch 48 Sports __
49 Socks from the dryer, hopefully
50 Radii neighbors 51 Fancy neckwear 52 Vitamin prefix 53 Rehab center staffer 54 Synchronously 57 “It’s her __”: relationship ultimatum 60 NFL playmakers 61 Cheat