Today’s Crossword

ACROSS

1 Speechless

performers

6 Love to bits

11 Hem and __ 14 Overplay the scene 15 NBA coach Pat who trademarked “three-peat” 16 Hole-in-one

17 “That was easy!” 19 “__ Loves You”:

Beatles 20 Beethoven’s

“Moonlight,” e.g. 21 Lawn mower

housing

23 Come to a close 25 Actor Cage, in

tabloids

26 Move to Canada to avoid military service

33 Sea of __:

Black Sea arm 35 Midwestern tribe 36 Finalize, as a deal 37 Smart-alecky

38 Aired again on TV 40 Policy expert

41 Give a heads-up 43 NASCAR’s

Yarborough 44 Bothers a lot 45 Top-10 1978 hit for

Kansas

48 Nest egg acronym 49 Prefix with appear 50 Longtime bubble gum wrap

55 Slowly diminished, as strength 60 Smooth machinery sound

61 Girl who went to Oz 63 Mine extraction 64 Cream of the crop 65 George’s fiancée on “Seinfeld” 66 Fellow

67 Brand for nasal congestion 68 Australian gems DOWN

1 Kitten cries 2 Texter’s “As I see it ...” 3 Pained sound 4 Soul singer James 5 Helped by an usher 6 LAX incoming flight 7 Food restriction 8 Toast topper 9 Change the district boundaries of 10 Peepers’ closers 11 Corned beef concoction 12 Pain

13 Lawn invader 18 Maine city 22 Attach to a light bulb socket

24 Find out about 26 Showers affection (on) 27 Be exorbitant with the gratuity 28 Hebrew scroll 29 Restored to health 30 “I need to tell you something” 31 Dejected spell

32 Toll rds.

33 Air Force sch. 34 NATO alphabet ender 39 Fairly recent

42 Long rants

46 City SE of Roma 47 Mom’s emphatic words after “Because” 50 “For __ the Bell Tolls” 51 Surrounding glow 52 Marvel Comics superheroes

53 The Emerald Isle 54 Mechanical learning method 56 Scrolling PC key 57 “¿Qué __?” 58 Airline with only kosher meals 59 TV-watching rooms 62 One of two sts. with bordering panhandles