DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Old Russian ruler 5 Landlocked African nation 9 Wedding registry category 14 Famous final question 15 “Ducky” Mallard’s alma mater, on “NCIS” 16 Support people 17 Prefix in juice names 18 Tends to the lawn 19 ’50s four-wheeled failure 20 Particular 23 Kitchen counter? 24 “__ thought” 25 Place to unwind 28 Hospital bigwig 31 Gig gear 34 Lessen 35 Tweak, as text 36 Some trucks 38 The North Pole, for Santa 41 Opposite of endo42 Flat-bottomed vessel 43 Daisy Ridley’s “The Last Jedi” role 44 Formally accuse of wrongdoing 49 Blue Jays’ home: Abbr. 50 Mimicked 51 Small lizard 54 Game played on a floor or table, and a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters 57 Fluffy-eared “bear” 60 Hair-removal brand 61 Vintage ski lift 62 Arouse, as wrath 63 Basic French verb 64 Theta follower 65 Tank fish 66 “Keep it __” 67 Provide job support for?

DOWN

1 __ support 2 Classic Fender guitar, for short 3 Arcade pioneer 4 “Walk This Way” rap trio 5 Many a D.C. landmark 6 Perched on 7 Good-for-nothing 8 Mini-maps 9 14-Across speaker 10 Go underground 11 Cards checked at the door 12 French word in bios 13 Syst. for the hearing-impaired 21 Giggle 22 Sun Devils’ sch. 25 Passover feast 26 Self-assurance 27 On pins and needles 29 Curvy letter 30 Berlin’s home: Abbr. 31 Showing mastery 32 Prefix with brewery 33 Rocker Frampton 37 Scrubbing brand 38 Unlike this ans. 39 Technically flawed comic poetry 40 Nerdy sort 42 Tragic end 45 Much of North Africa 46 PC brain 47 Noted bunny lover 48 Nova __ 52 Skewered meat 53 Give a political speech 54 Put-down 55 Turkey bacon? 56 “Well, shoot” 57 Modeling convenience 58 Tip jar bill 59 Perform