THE DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 4-Across holder 4 Chewing need 9 Comes (from) 14 Rock in a vein 15 Actress Berry of

“X-men” films 16 Easy putt 17 *Where many hockey face-offs happen

19 Kind of acid in

proteins 20 Journalist Couric 21 Spicy

23 Work with a

needle 24 *Physical ability acquired via repetition 29 Ready to

harvest 32 President after

Grant

33 Oral health org. 34 Phoenix-to

Albuquerque dir. 35 Malek of “Bohemian Rhapsody” 36 Amtrak express 38 Where one might learn etiquette ... or a hint to the answers to starred clues 42 Does’ mates 43 Mardi __

44 Zip

45 Paris’ __ de la

Cité 46 Peninsular

Persian Gulf land 48 Depend (on) 49 *Contest won by the last fighter standing 52 Authentic

ending? 53 Japanese veggie 54 Birthday process 58 River through

Rome

60 *Comics Great

Dane

64 Call to mind 65 Geometry basic 66 Cab cousin 67 H.S. health

course

68 Old photo tint 69 British zoo

opening?

DOWN

1 Athletic

stereotype 2 Region

3 Left

4 Brexit target org. 5 Canal site 6 Inventor Whitney 7 Attention from

Dr. Mom 8 Lighthearted

laugh

9 Hawaii or

Alaska

10 Flat hat

11 TV pilot, often 12 Lotion ingredient 13 __ owl

18 Word with

capsule or clock 22 Mantra syllables 25 Former Iranian

leader 26 Garment with spaghetti straps, for short 27 Deceiving 28 Speed ratio 29 Umps’

counterparts 30 Ambition 31 Hockey’s “sin

bin,” formally 35 Blog feed letters 36 Rm. coolers 37 Friend

39 “Oh, now __ it!” 40 Ethically

uncertain 41 Lee known for

desserts 46 Proof-ending

letters

47 Food court

attractions 48 Audition (for) 49 Nibbles 50 Attracted 51 Animal name starting with a double letter 55 Fly sound 56 Tulsa native, e.g. 57 Tear

59 Just make, with

“out” 61 Wood-splitting

tool

62 Tear

63 “Little ol’ me?”