Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Singer LuPone 6 Certain Jamaican, religiously
11 Dol. parts 14 Get-go 15 Predictable 16 Poke bowl fish 17 “La La Land”
Oscar nominee 19 Gym exercise
unit
20 Beat in a hot dog
contest
21 Farm yield 22 Singer Styles and
illusionist Houdini 25 Obsolescent coin-op communication device
28 Fateful March
day
29 Not timely, as a
birthday wish 30 African adventure 33 Jazz great
Fitzgerald 34 What a bittersweet moment may evoke ... and a hint to each set of circled letters 39 “I don’t believe
you!”
40 Rudely sarcastic 42 “Dirty” drink 46 Two of a kind 47 Secondhand
rides
49 Bites (on)
51 Eye covers
52 Dr. Seuss’ real
last name 54 Chocolate dog 55 Eerie stillness 60 Swelled head 61 NOW
co-founders
62 Ski run bump 63 __ screen: medical test for poisons, etc. 64 Nonreactive, as
gases
65 Uppity types
DOWN
1 Spanish “for” 2 “Pick a card, __ card” 3 Homeland Security screening org. 4 Jazz ensemble
instrument
5 PC
troubleshooter 6 Trick
7 __ on the wrist 8 Befitting 9 Sun-lover’s hue 10 “Solve for x” subj. 11 Snack for Bugs 12 Dream partner 13 Drank daintily 18 Tie-breaking NHL
periods
21 When doubled, a
Latin dance 22 That dude’s 23 2018 Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee Driver 24 Int.-lowering
mortgage deal 26 Hollers
27 Like the nose on
your face? 31 Ancient artifact 32 Menzel who voices Elsa in “Frozen” 33 Racket end? 35 Legitimate target 36 Custard-filled
pastry
37 Mass unit
38 Uno card
41 Nos. on wine
labels 42 Short-in-front, long-in-back men’s hairstyle 43 Crumbly Italian
cheese
44 Netflix competitor 45 QB stats 48 Ritual Jewish
meal 49 Long-running
forensic series 50 Command posts 53 Stevie Wonder’s
“__ She Lovely” 55 Sobriety
checkpoint initials 56 Loooong time 57 Nonprofit aid gp. 58 Baby bear 59 Raised railroads