Today’s Crossword

ACROSS

1 With 18-Across,

R.E.M. guitarist 6 Microscope glass 10 All snuggled in 14 Support piece

15 1998 Sarah

McLachlan hit 16 Black-and-white cookie 17 Anglo-__

18 With 35-Across, 10-time “SNL” host who was Belushi’s straight man in samurai routines 19 Restaurant handout 20 Gritty film genre 22 “We are gathered __

today ...”

24 “Say that’s true ...” 27 Speedway event 29 Entertainment award

quartets, for short 33 Swiss skiing spot 34 Pops, to tots

35 With 44-Across, hitter

of 755 home runs 36 “Perhaps I’m wrong” 38 Takes effect

39 What six people in this puzzle might be said to possess 41 Climbs, as a cliff 42 Staggered

44 With 57-Across,

“Breaking Bad” actor 45 Gives (out) sparingly 46 Passé TV accessory 47 Sediment layer 48 Courtroom cry

49 Big Apple team 50 Weak end? 52 Anti-cruelty org. 54 Green gemstone 57 With 68-Across, Garfunkel’s partner Zest

Big Aussie birds Taj Mahal city Worker, briefly Ocean motion Depend (on)

With 1-Across, one of the Twelve Apostles 59 63 64 65 66 67 68 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 21 23 24 25 26 DOWN “Arthur” TV station Notable time Withholding __ Lodge opening? Nevada casino city Chocolate dog Emory email ender Wall recesses “For heaven’s __!” Impatient after-school text to a parent Salem is its cap. Buddhist sect

“__ busy?” Tehran residents Warms up, as leftovers Dr. Seuss’ Sam-__ Sideless train unit Invasive computer program 28 30 31

32 34 37

38 40 41 43 45 49 51

53 54 55 Scratching-post attachment

With no breaks, as a tennis set

Cut into four-inch pieces, as a footlong sub Dict. entry

Pass rusher’s team Meaty spaghetti sauce

React to dust Script for TV Down or blue Rx writers

Rx quantity

New Zealand native Prepare for a boxing day?

A++

Airbus product French buddy 56 58 60 61 62 Failed firecracker Clickable link Boo-boo kisser Gaza Strip gp. “An egg’s way of making another egg”: Samuel Butler