THE DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sneaker feature 5 Balance scale

container

8 Plays the role of 14 Milky white gem 15 Focus of modern

day surfing 16 Most achy 17 *Spends time in

the gym

19 Shrimp entrée 20 Prime meridian

std.

21 Make into law 23 Quaking tree 24 One of the Coen

brothers 26 *Upscale eatery service for topper wearers 28 Big-time celeb 31 P-like Greek letter 32 ACLU issues 33 Smell really bad 34 Crosses (out) 36 Antiquated 38 James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue

42 “__ on my watch!” 43 Chaney of horror

films

44 Where some

surfers shop 47 Nonprofit URL

ending

50 __ Lingus 52 Ophthalmologist’s

field

54 *Times Square New Year’s Eve custom 57 Calf-length skirts 58 Like the sea when waves are crashing

59 NFL Dolphins’

home 62 Bloodshot 63 Broadway’s Ethel 65 *When employment ends, formally 67 Cheese in some

bagels

68 Freight weight 69 Old Spice

competitor 70 Balanced

conditions 71 Aardvark’s

morsel 72 Common flag

symbol

DOWN

1 Transmission choice for steep ascents

2 Biblical disciple 3 One driving the

wrong way? 4 Lodge member 5 Menial laborer 6 Océano filler 7 V-shaped slit 8 Pack animal 9 Pepsi rival 10 Vandalize

11 Start of the

Marines’ motto 12 Appearance 13 Smells really bad 18 Dispatched 22 Driveway

material 25 Welcome to

one’s home 27 Like rosebushes 29 New Hampshire

prep school town 30 Actor Stephen 35 NBC weekend

show

37 Cinque times due

39 Blowup on the

highway 40 Buck’s partner 41 Annual hoops player selection event

45 Short operatic

solo 46 “Whatever you

say, honey” 47 Trumps’ White House predecessors

48 Least cooked 49 Vocalist

Estefan

51 CD follower 53 Radiate 55 Asian priests 56 Michelangelo

masterwork 60 Neural

transmitter 61 Like new 64 Turndowns 66 Courtroom figs.