Today's crossword

ACROSS

1 Peruvian people who cultivated potato varietals 5 Channel that

covers Capitol Hill 10 Puzzle that may

have dead ends 14 More than a

snack

15 Words to live by 16 Emotional

request

17 Spring flower painted by van Gogh

19 Feminine

pronoun

20 Like one’s back

during cat pose 21 Throw shade at 23 Finger food at

luaus

24 “Mossy, bossy”

Seuss character 25 A-plus student 28 Amtrak sta. times 29 Slot in a cash

drawer

30 Twisted humor 31 Female sib 32 “East of Eden”

director Kazan 33 Docent’s deg. 34 Hard-to-open cap 39 Air gun shot 40 Jazz singer Anita 41 Op. __: footnote

abbr.

43 Diet based on the eating habits of early humans 46 Business attire 47 Mexican coin 48 Coffee order

similar to a latte 50 Not quite foggy 51 Post-op area 52 __ card:

smartphone need 53 Lively dances 54 Novelist __ Neale

Hurston

56 Scold harshly 59 Like 8 or 88 60 Gabrielle of “Being Mary Jane” 61 Filmmaker

Preminger 62 Depend (on) 63 Trivial, as a

complaint

64 Cry

DOWN

1 Sticks a stake in,

as a vampire 2 Overly anxious 3 Dramatic end of a cinematic chase scene 4 Socially dominant

figures

5 Kept in the email

loop

6 __ Lanka

7 A pop

8 Athletic brand with

a three-stripe logo 9 Deferential denial 10 Dashboard abbr. 11 Pepper named

for a Syrian city 12 Focus (on) 13 With very little

effort

18 Luthor of the

comics 22 Looking swell 25 Short cut? 26 Save, as a

newspaper article 27 Eurasia’s __

Mountains 29 Alero automaker,

informally 32 Macaroni often used in cold salads 33 Zoo trench 35 “Yeah, sure” 36 Dog that licks

Garfield

37 Enjoy the lake in

winter, perhaps 38 Aversion

42 Place to buy gifts

for kids 43 Vaccine

manufacturer 44 Tucked-away

recess 45 Bay leaf source 46 Gymnast Biles who won four gold medals in Rio

47 Cushion

49 Ask for a donation 50 “Calvin and

Hobbes” bully 53 Measly

55 “__ takers?” 57 Trivial complaint 58 Received