Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Unresponsive
state
5 Loosen up, to a
pitcher
10 Light bulb unit 14 Welcoming 15 African howler 16 “Sin City” actress
Jessica
17 *New Jersey city
on Raritan Bay 19 Thick slice 20 Semicircle, say 21 Green Gables girl 22 Kick back 23 Comic Smirnoff 25 *Leader of the
pack
28 Wiener schnitzel
meat
30 Red Sea country 31 Trembling trees 34 Terrier’s sound 35 Disney frame 38 *It prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures
42 Boy king
43 Mr. Rogers 44 Cleared from the
board
45 Family car 48 Elvis’ middle
name 49 *Light-bulb-overthe-head instance 52 Sherpa’s land 56 Large pears 57 Actress Skye 59 The “E” in BCE 60 Boo-boo
61 Spam relatives ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues 64 Tease mercilessly 65 Curved moldings 66 Frozen drink
brand
67 Souvenir shop
apparel
68 Lyrics
69 Rx items
DOWN
1 Insured’s
contribution 2 Wagner work 3 Pharmaceutical
giant 4 Industrious
crawler
5 Word in a
comparison
6 Pew book
7 Buck the system 8 Beatle bride
9 “No __!”: “Uh-uh!” 10 Message on a
dusty car 11 NATO and others 12 Pre-Little League
game 13 Card-playing
surface
18 Lack, briefly 22 Cell pic taker 24 Walkie-talkie
word 26 Combustible pile 27 Playboy founder
Hugh
29 Hindu retreat 31 Away from the
bow
32 Trifling amount 33 Saves for later 34 __ Ray, one of folk rock’s Indigo Girls 36 Chicago-toLansing dir. 37 Inc., in England 39 Top of the line 40 Went on and on 41 Pride of lions? 46 Show hosts 47 One side of a two-column list of rules
48 Made up (for) 49 Scrub the launch 50 Mandel of “America’s Got Talent” 51 San Fran
gridder 53 Tranquility 54 Packing heat 55 Does high-tech
eye surgery on 58 Legendary loch 61 Milk source 62 Previously 63 Pronoun that’s a homonym of a religious song