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Crossword No. 673: And the Oscar Goes to...

- by Matt Gaffney

ACROSS

1 “Far ___ from me to...”

5 Out of the ordinary

8 JPEG alternativ­e

14 “One other thing...”

15 Bobby who sang “Take Good Care of My Baby”

16 Bring a plane up

17 Two-time Best Actor winner who, in an act of solidarity, gave one of his Oscars to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Nov. 8

19 Make tidy

20 Once ___ lifetime opportunit­y

21 Sculptor, e.g.

23 Drink, often pink, briefly

24 Desert flora

26 Best Actress winner for La La Land who gave the Oscar to her mom, as she told talk-show host Seth Meyers

29 “Yes”

31 Love, in Latin

32 Light bulb–shaped food

35 Leningrad’s nat.

38 Gumption

42 Hattie McDaniel willed her Best Supporting Actress Oscar for this film to Howard University

45 Carne ___

46 San ___ Sharks (NHL team)

47 One for Austrians

48 ___ buco (Italian dish)

50 1150, one way

52 Jimmy Stewart gave the Oscar he won for The Philadelph­ia Story to this man, who displayed it in the family’s Pennsylvan­ia hardware store for decades

57 Sesame Street grouch

61 “Where ___ we?”

62 Sign up to serve 64 Function

65 Jean of 1933’s Dinner at Eight

68 Spencer Tracy gave his Oscar for this 1938 film to Father Flanagan, the real-life head of the title organizati­on

70 Duds

71 Brunch drinks, briefly

72 “___ my wit’s end!”

73 Unable to be accessed, as records

74 Angkor ___

75 Some potential heirs

DOWN

1 Elementary

2 Colleague of Ketanji

3 Fashionist­a Mizrahi

4 Huge amount

5 Concluded

6 Al ___ (pasta specificat­ion)

7 Jeans jacket material

8 Small chicken

9 “Or so ___ been told”

10 Argentine aunt

11 Passover bread

12 Dined at home

13 Ziti alternativ­e

18 Took care of, as the tab

22 Intelligen­ce

25 No longer interested in

27 “___ assembly required”

28 Stonemason’s tools

30 “Unquestion­ably,” in Quebec

32 Org. rivaled by the new LIV Tour

33 Goddess of the dawn

34 Political adviser Navarro

36 Baptist of note

37 HBO rival, in listings

39 Noon, on Big Ben

40 Cozy stopover

41 WSJ or WaPo workers

43 “That ___ close call!”

44 ___ and haw (stall for time)

49 Prepared, as tomatoes

51 Barracks beds

52 Standard laughs

53 Truly ticked off

54 Maker of iComfort mattresses

55 Macaroni shape

56 Spanish red

58 Surname of two New York governors

59 ___ High Dam (Nile River feature) 60 Monopoly payments

63 Part of iOS

66 Tiny, cutesy-style

67 Undergroun­d resource

69 “Most definitive­ly!”

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