Today's crossword
ACROSS 1 Have an ugly cry 5 Fly through the air 9 Barked
14 Eight, in Spanish 15 Give a darn 16 “__!” ... “Polo!” 17 Curtain holder in
a bathroom 19 Situation with a
player at first, say 20 Peaceful 21 Commercial leadin to “bnb” 23 Gaelic speaker 24 French fashion
initials
25 Purple flower with
a fuzzy patch 28 Country singer
Loretta 29 Scotch’s partner 30 Naked
33 Stomp on the gas 36 Govt. intel org. 39 “We’re almost there!,” and what can be said about 17-, 25-, 51-, and 64-Across? 43 Unnaturally pale 44 Construct
45 Film spool
46 Root vegetable in
Nigerian cuisine 48 Lawn tool 51 Orange marker in a construction zone
55 Work on a quilt 58 Wild canine 59 “Dance the Night”
singer __ Lipa 60 Like some albums 62 Show host 64 Student at the top
of the honor roll 66 Jump back, say 67 Sheet of paper 68 Hatchling’s home 69 Cities with
harbors 70 Post-blizzard
blanket
71 __ and crafts DOWN
1 Like an overbearing older sibling
2 Is sore
3 Pattern of spirals
on a fingerprint 4 Actor Rob of “Parks and Recreation” 5 Bug keeper-outer
on a window 6 Rowboat rower 7 Noisy, as a crowd 8 Fixed up again 9 “Yo te __” 10 Putrid
11 Allowed to roam,
as chickens 12 Gut bacteria 13 Heading on a list
of actions to avoid 18 Phonetic term often associated with they/them pronouns 22 Sticky tree
secretion
26 “The Hate U Give” writer Thomas 27 Connect the __ 28 Big name in jeans 30 Short “While I’m
thinking of it ... ” 31 Exclamation of
understanding 32 Vehicle picked up at an airport, maybe
34 Golden State sch. 35 The “N” of TNT 37 “__ Persisted”: children’s book by Chelsea Clinton 38 Ga. capital 40 Maker of squishy
darts 41 Humanlike robot 42 Anger
47 Move
emotionally 49 Composer Lloyd
Webber
50 Save
51 Little
troublemaker 52 Juliet’s partner 53 Zodiac transition
points
54 Board game that dropped “The Settlers of” from its name 55 “Terrific!”
56 Are
57 Swollen marks 61 Name that means
“moon”
63 UFO pilots 65 Back in time