Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Gold rush
storyteller Bret 6 Saints’ org. 9 Word pronounced like its middle letter
12 “The Lion in
Winter” co-star 14 Senator Lisa Murkowski, notably 16 Participated in a
pub crawl 18 Cleanse (of) 19 Afore
20 Video game
pioneer
22 Sch. playing home games in the Sun Bowl 24 “Shadows of the Night” Grammy winner
28 Numbs, as senses 30 Bilingual TV
explorer
31 File menu
command 32 Seiko Group
printers 34 Mountain myth 36 Flower location 37 Placating words before a confession
40 The Eiger, for one 43 Scott who played
Chachi 44 Supplement 48 Snowblower
brand
50 Schedule 52 “Borat” star __
Baron Cohen 53 New and
improved 56 Vegetable with Golden and Chioggia varieties 57 San __, California 58 “Fool (If You Think It’s Over)” singer Chris 60 __-di-dah 61 Upset ... and what can be found in the four other longest answers? 66 Nonworking time 67 Twain of country 68 Bigger copy: Abbr. 69 Place to retire 70 Over
DOWN
1 Indignant reaction 2 Savored the
flattery
3 Short poems 4 Playdate
participant 5 Hamburg’s river 6 “I don’t wanna” 7 Woman in
Progressive ads 8 One of 12 on a
sitting jury? 9 Tough dogs 10 Deferred payment at the pub
11 Impress deeply? 13 1994 Costner role 15 Go over
17 Get lost in a book 21 Ticked off 23 Lumber (along) 25 Bath time
plaything 26 “Grimm” actress
Turner 27 Wonderland cake
words
29 Elitist sort 33 Harry Potter’s
potions teacher 35 Fleming and Holm 38 Incline
39 Hardly lively 40 “Lemme __!” 41 Precious 42 Many a middle
schooler
45 Most sparsely populated European country 46 Inexpensive
knockoff 47 Consequence of wearing a cap too long 49 Low soccer
score
51 Sleuth Wolfe 54 Some spammers 55 Two-legged
zebras
59 1975 Wimbledon
winner
62 Non’s opposite 63 Coffee server 64 Phil Rizzuto’s
retired number 65 Chewie’s pal