Today’s Crossword
ACROSS
1 Far direction? 5 Frankfurt’s river 9 Word repeated in a
historic FDR quote 13 Formal “no” from
14-Across
14 White House VIP 16 Tomb Raider’s __
Croft
17 Marmalade ingredient 19 Takes the stage 20 Hunter constellation 21 Violent windstorm 23 Ceaselessly
26 City in Florida or Italy 27 Sign near school
playgrounds 31 Geological period 32 __ trap
33 Bear in two constellations 36 Symbol of rank 39 Former U.N. leader Hammarskjöld 40 Biblical song 42 Division on a Clue board
43 Sardine holders 45 Philosopher __-tzu 46 Theoretical lowest temperature 50 Brownish horse 53 Yarn 54 Mathematical proposition
56 City near the Great Salt Lake
59 Prego competitor 60 “Careful now” ... and a hint to what’s hidden in 17-, 27- and 46-Across 64 Turkmenistan neighbor
65 Green __
66 Actress Blanchett 67 Remain undecided 68 “Haven’t decided yet” 69 Topple from power
DOWN
1 Bolivian leader Morales 2 Prefix with dynamic 3 Headliner 4 Weight-training activity
5 Bar gadgets
6 Egg qty. 7 Bastille Day saison 8 Fall color 9 Diving gear
10 Prop for Picasso 11 Came up
12 Flies off the handle 15 Shorthand expert, for short
18 Cause for an “Oops!” 22 “Don’t be such a baby!”
24 Must
25 Nuts and bolts, so to speak 27 Cotillion girl 28 Katy Perry hit with the lyric “Louder, louder than a lion” 29 PC command after an “Oops!” 30 Hershey bar in a red-and-yellow wrapper
34 Mall event 35 Bygone apple spray 37 Skirt 38 Fireplace bit 41 Sound from the pasture
44 Stuck with, as a friend
47 Wintry mix component 48 Therefore 49 Bayou music style 50 __ mining 51 Midwestern hub 52 Lear daughter 55 Half a fish 57 Jacob’s twin 58 Quibbles 61 Bottom line 62 Singer Sumac 63 Saigon holiday