Crossword
ACROSS
1 Not at all good 5 Piece-of-cake
shape 10 Tick off 14 Use a surgical
beam 15 Toward the back 16 “What I Am”
singer Brickell 17 Welcome wind
on a hot day 19 First-rate 20 Grab greedily 21 Brought back to
mind 23 Migratory flying
formations 25 Dance move 26 Carrots’ partners 29 Dangerous tide 31 Airing in the wee
hours 35 Dr.’s orders 36 Successful
cryptographer 38 Diner 40 Cup handle 41 Not reactive, as
gases 42 “Best thing since” invention metaphor 45 Untruth 46 Walked with
purpose 47 Typical John
Grisham subject 48 Back talk 49 Nervous twitches 51 Retail center 53 Cigarette
stimulant 57 Staggered 61 Neutral shade 62 Pet without papers ... or what is literally found in the circled letters 64 Drop of sorrow 65 Oscar-winning
“Skyfall” singer 66 Family babysitter 67 Attaches a patch,
say 68 Massenet opera about a Spanish legend 69 Absolut rival
DOWN
1 O’Neill’s “Desire
Under the __” 2 Fruitless 3 Cuba, por
ejemplo 4 Some HD sets 5 Medal recipient 6 Poetic preposition before “now” or “long” 7 Animal on XING
signs 8 Long looks 9 __ set: building
toy 10 College student’s
dining choice 11 Singing competition that returned in 2018, familiarly 12 “Okay by me” 13 Nourish 18 Letters in old
dates 22 Virgil epic 24 Flip of a 45 record 26 Defensive
basketball tactic 27 Praise highly 28 Up and about 30 Oyster jewel 32 Cub Scout leader 33 Hatcher and Garr 34 Some Deco
prints 36 College transcript
unit 37 Silvery
freshwater fish 39 Nature
excursions 43 Dot between
dollars and cents 44 Given, as a
medal 48 Rudder locales 50 Snarky 52 Yank’s war foe 53 Earns after
taxes 54 Slushy drink
brand 55 Avian crop 56 Boardroom VIP 58 Security breach 59 Counting rhyme
word 60 June 6, 1944 63 Collegian who roots for the Bulldogs