Crossword No. 688: Speaking Youth to Power
ACROSS
1 St. ___ fire (weather phenomenon)
6 Bitter drink
9 Star Wars director 14 Find out something new
15 Keep ‘em in stitches? 16 To any degree
17 Former Boy Meets World child star who announced his intention last week to run for Adam Schiff’s seat in Congress 19 Trifling
20 “___ was trying to say...”
21 Layer, as of a paper towel
22 2016 rival of Hillary 23 He played Potsie on Happy Days—and ran for mayor of Ojai, Calif., in 2022, losing by 42 votes
27 Marathon, e.g.
29 Hey everyone—come and see how ___ look! (Anchorman line) 30 Butter amount
31 Tequila source 33 Slightly, casually
36 With 39-Across, Little House on the Prairie actress who ran for a congressional seat in Michigan in 2016
39 See 36-Across
43 Picante
45 Steph Curry’s mom 46 Part of a play
49 The ones right here 52 Thing
53 1930s child star who in the 1970s became U.S. ambassador to Ghana and, later, Czechoslovakia
57 World ___
58 T-shirt sizes, briefly 59 A grand slam earns four in this stat line 62 Remove all trace of 63 He was a runner-up on American Idol in 2003; in 2014 he won the Democratic primary for a U.S. House seat in North Carolina 66 One-___ (like crushing victories)
67 Food sometimes honey-baked
68 Has to have
69 Mystical types 70 Firefighting equipment 71 Romantic meeting
DOWN
1 Island of Napoleon’s exile
2 Remick and Trevino, for two
3 Crazed
4 Where surgeons work (abbr.)
5 Ginger ___ (cookies) 6 Words from someone voting against
7 Place to hang a coat 8 Amazement
9 Corsage spot
10 Wombs
11 Forty winks
12 Nissan sedan
13 Most fox-like
18 Filmed journal 22 Pancakes of eastern Europe
24 St. Kitts and ___ (Caribbean nation) 25 Stir-fry pan
26 “Gotcha,” in the ‘60s 27 He says “baa”
28 Number of birthdays you’ve had
32 Spooky claim
34 Data transfers to a laptop, casually 35 Bubbling over, as a pot on the stove 37 Locations
38 Feeling yesterday’s marathon
40 It’s big on a laptop 41 Reuben bread
42 Scottish cap
44 Up to now
46 Look over
47 “My ___ Amour” (Stevie Wonder hit) 48 Rant
50 Bagel option
51 One of Tyne Daly’s six 54 Late ___ (snoozing type)
55 U.K. university city
56 Put into the ground 60 Flowers’ places
61 Part of MIT
63 Half a dance
64 Airport for movie stars 65 Suffix with hotel or cloth