Today’s Crossword
ACROSS
1 Knock for a loop 6 “The jig __!” 10 Wing measurement 14 The “N” of USNA 15 Beer-brewing mixture 16 Taper off
17 Rare baseball event 19 28-Across, in German 20 Troubling Nixon records 21 Supermarket walkways 23 Falafel bread 24 Antiterrorism legislation of 2001 28 Single
29 Double-helix molecule 30 Slake, as thirst 31 Hardly current 33 Bridges of Netflix’s “Bloodline” 36 Snob’s “in the air” body part 37 Nightlife sphere of activity
40 “That sounds painful” 43 Brussels-based defense gp. 44 Clear data from 48 Like a damaged atmospheric layer 50 Letter after pi 52 World Series org. 53 Race terminus 56 Smear, as paint 57 Narrow waterway 58 Coins of 59-Down 60 All-encompassing 62 Theater direction ... and a hint to 17-, 24-, 37- and 53-Across 65 Actor’s part 66 Narrate 67 Celebrated chef Ducasse 68 Intuit 69 Canadian gas brand 70 Big Apple 52-Acr. player
DOWN 1 Colony insect 2 Tennis great Navratilova 3 Takes to the skies 4 Frank of avant-garde rock 5 Magazine with the column “Ask E. Jean” 6 Little devil 7 Dinner course, to Heinrich
8 TWA rival
9 Body structure 10 Equal or Splenda 11 Italian pal
12 “Bel Canto” novelist Patchett
13 Video game letters 18 Little League broadcaster
22 Singer Rawls 23 Jack-in-the-box sound 25 Limerick’s rhyme
scheme 26 Emails a dupe to 27 First word of numerous Grisham titles 29 Md. neighbor 32 German veal dish 34 Approximate fig. 35 Oak-to-be
38 Not pure
39 Opposite of paleo40 “That sounds painful” 41 Action film weapon 42 Bring comfort to 45 Composite dental filling material 46 Flavored icy drink 47 Recede, as a tide 49 Syr. neighbor 51 Often hyperlinked word
54 Low-cal beers 55 Tilted type: abbr. 56 Newspaper frequency 59 Tehran’s land 60 Collie’s comment 61 Clog front
63 Mop & __: cleaning brand 64 Blasting letters