THE DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Get all mushy 5 Promising
location 10 Jewelry designer
Peretti
14 “Then again,” in
tweets
15 “How nifty!” 16 Just the best 17 Group for cardboard toy enthusiasts? 20 “My Brilliant Friend” novelist Ferrante 21 “Breathe Me”
singer
22 Back in style 23 Gasteyer of
“Wine Country” 25 ebay sale
condition 27 Capital of Japan 28 Imminent
32 Filing tool 34 Group for Roomba enthusiasts? 37 Livens (up) 40 Forestall
41 UFO crew,
probably
42 Gem weight 43 “Little Girl Blue”
singer Simone 44 Group for big-rig
enthusiasts? 46 Misfortunes 48 Quaint school
dance
49 Defense advisory
gp.
51 Road-trip stops 54 Obi-__ Kenobi 55 Inbox filler 57 Fútbol fan’s cry 59 __ & Gabbana
fashion house 63 Group for Merriam-webster enthusiasts? 66 Yoga pose that requires balancing on one foot
67 San Diego’s __
Park
68 Part of an EGOT 69 Wet septet 70 Pallid
71 Noodle that may be served in dashi broth
DOWN
1 Sulk
2 “And so forth”
abbr.
3 Easy stride 4 Baseball film featuring a bat named “Wonderboy” 5 “Your point is?” 6 Signs of summer 7 “Rocky” actress
Shire
8 Book of maps 9 Milne joey 10 Novel ending? 11 High vantage
point
12 Skyline standout 13 __ Martin:
“Skyfall” car 18 Went on a quick
errand
19 Major in
astronomy? 24 Blazer sleeve 26 Needle 28 Director Reitman 29 Blue-skinned
race in “Avatar” 30 Picture-perfect
spot
31 Fencing category 33 Online source of
study guides
35 PIN point? 36 Several CBS
forensic dramas 38 __ Alto,
California 39 Recipe part 42 Insect with a
17-year life cycle 44 Nine-digit ID 45 Bearer of good
moos? 47 Country singer
Mccann
49 Pond critters 50 Gooey treat 52 Snouts 53 Slow-moving
creature
56 __ of March 58 Latin “Behold!” 60 Long way to go? 61 Grooming tool 62 “Orinoco Flow”
singer 64 Pampering place 65 Charged particle