Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Paris eateries 6 Abyss
11 Birthday count 14 Rack flavoring 15 Hang in midair 16 Easter
beginning? 17 Data-intensive branch of engineering 19 “Positively Entertaining” TV network 20 After-tax amount 21 Unveiling word 22 Iraq War worries,
for short
23 God, in Judaism 25 Red-handed 28 Burning crime 30 “__ luego”
31 “Oh dear!” 34 Choir voice 36 Judge on “The People v. O.J. Simpson” 38 Camaraderie 41 Avant-garde
music genre 43 Annoying kid 44 Greetings from
Fido
46 Aired with sharper
resolution 47 De-creases? 49 Lariat
52 Winter hike
footwear item 54 Insect-sized
superhero 58 Surfer’s ride 59 Makeover result 61 Self-image 62 Approx. landing
time
63 “Best thing” bakery metaphor ... and a hint to each row of circles
66 Fish in Japanese
unadon
67 Aspect 68 Montana Tech city 69 NFL scoring stat 70 Slanted columns 71 Thumbs-ups
DOWN
1 CBS forensic spin-off starring Gary Sinise 2 Sleep concern 3 Elegant Manhattan avenue 4 Environmental
prefix
5 Diner employee 6 Spiced tea 7 Emergency
phone link 8 Birdlike
9 Jiff
10 Doubtfire’s title 11 Pixar specialty 12 “Glad you spotted
that error” 13 Surrealist Max 18 Mineral hardness
scale
22 Director
Anderson 24 Stinging flier 26 Norse god with a
hammer
27 Kevin of “Central
Intelligence” 29 “The Simpsons”
bus driver 31 MLB’s Diamondbacks, on scoreboards 32 Covered with plastic, as an ID card
33 Yeses from
bosses 35 Space-research
org.
37 Gave the green
light, briefly 39 Dominates totally 40 __ Hashanah:
Jewish New Year 42 Tear gas
situation 45 Bilked
48 Be in debt 50 DUI-fighting org. 51 Stuck-up 52 1974 hit “__
Home Alabama” 53 Chilling in a cooler 55 Track
competitions 56 Playing marble 57 Connection points 60 Moistens
63 “City by the Bay”
airport code 64 Once around the
track
65 Lament