DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

ACROSS 1 Top banana 6 Egg size 11 Wrap with feathers 14 Like some close ball games 16 Ancient market 17 Objective 18 Hot cereal brand since 1893 20 “Baby Cobra” stand-up comedian Wong 21 Fish that may attach itself to a 68-Across 22 Implant 24 Sit-up targets 26 Hard-won struggle reminders 30 Got another opinion from 33 Subway critter 34 Sail support 35 Scandinavian coastal feature 36 Patio-brewed drink 38 Page on a novelist’s website 43 Took a curious look 44 Birthstone after opal 46 Most-traded Latin American currency 49 Part of a cage 50 Venezuelan herder 52 Military sanction 55 Word between surnames 56 Mean 57 Motor-assisted rides 60 Women’s History Mo. 61 Preview ... and what the ending letters of the four other longest answers comprise? 67 DOJ bureau 68 21-Across carrier 69 Dress like a judge 70 Rapper Lil __ X 71 Handy bags 72 Manage

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1 Soft shoe 2 Mil. time off 3 Smug brew “expert” 4 “Dies __”: hymn 5 Garland, at birth 6 Talk endlessly to 7 “I hate it” 8 One of the Pep Boys 9 Half a bikini 10 Hall partner 11 “__, black sheep ... ” 12 Mideast fleet 13 In the center of 15 Gaming rookies 19 __ party 23 Carson’s sidekick 24 Yelp alternative 25 Westernmost Mexican state, familiarly 27 Made level, with “up” 28 “Big Eyes” singer Del Rey 29 Dramatic final question 31 Request a hand? 32 For two, in music 36 Biblical queendom 37 Bluesy James 39 Stretch in office 40 Salt Lake daily, familiarly 41 Available schedule hour 42 Burger order 45 Kravitz of “Big Little Lies” 46 Video game with a maze 47 List of slips 48 Gargamel foes 50 Rainbow flag letters 51 Tours can be found on it 53 Horror film loc. 54 Gives a strong impression (of) 58 __ the Conqueror, Marvel supervillain 59 Celt’s land 62 “Now I get it!” 63 Chocolate factory fixture 64 Anger 65 Recede 66 King of Spain