Today’s Crossword
ACROSS
1 Not at all good
5 Piece-of-cake shape
10 Tick off
14 Use a surgical beam
15 Toward the back
16 “What I Am” singer Brickell
17 Welcome wind on a hot day
19 First-rate
20 Grab greedily
21 Brought back to mind
23 Migratory flying formations
25 Dance move
26 Carrots’ partners
29 Dangerous tide
31 Airing in the wee hours
35 Dr.’s orders
36 Successful cryptographer
38 Diner
40 Cup handle
41 Not reactive, as gases
42 “Best thing since” invention metaphor
45 Untruth
46 Walked with purpose
47 Typical John Grisham subject
48 Back talk
49 Nervous twitches
51 Retail center
53 Cigarette stimulant
57 Staggered
61 Neutral shade
62 Pet without papers ... or what is literally found in the circled letters
64 Drop of sorrow
65 Oscar-winning “Skyfall” singer
66 Family baby sitter
67 Attaches a patch, say
68 Massenet opera about a Spanish legend
69 Absolut rival
DOWN
1 O’Neill’s “Desire Under the __” 2 Fruitless
3 Cuba, por ejemplo
4 Some HD sets
5 Medal recipient
6 Poetic preposition before “now” or “long”
7 Animal on XING signs
8 Long looks
9 __ set: building toy
10 College student’s dining choice
11 Singing competition that returned in 2018, familiarly
12 “OK by me”
13 Nourish
18 Letters in old dates
22 Virgil epic
24 Flip of a 45 record 26 Defensive basketball tactic
27 Praise highly
28 Up and about
30 Oyster jewel
32 Cub Scout leader
33 Hatcher and Garr
34 Some deco prints
36 College transcript unit
37 Silvery freshwater fish
39 Nature excursions
43 Dot between dollars and cents
44 Given, as a medal
48 Rudder locales
50 Snarky
52 Yank’s war foe
53 Earns after taxes
54 Slushy drink brand 55 Avian crop
56 Boardroom VIP
58 Security breach
59 Counting rhyme word
60 June 6, 1944
63 Collegian who roots for the Bulldogs