Crossword Edited by Will Shortz No. 0622

ACROSS Egyptian beetle

1

Word before

7 sheet or battle First president

10 to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery Nabokov novel

14

Lobster ___

15

Newburg Instrument that 16 an orchestra

tunes to

X-rayed, e.g.

17

Bit of acne

18

Went 90, say

19

Intertwine

20

That, in Tijuana 21

Classic Led

23

Zeppelin song represented by the ascending circled letters and this answer Bruins : U.C.L.A. 25

:: ___ : Princeton Whole bunch

28

___-Magnon man 29

Transportation

32

hub named for a 1930s-’40s mayor, in brief

A Cyclops has

33 one

Piece of limbo

35 equipment

Get tangled up

37

Catch wind of

39

Director

41

Guillermo del ___ German/Polish 42 border river Offerings from

43

Pottery Barn and

Chipotle

Yemen’s capital 44

Opening of some 45 formal letters

Territory

46

Peeled, as a pear 47

Soak (up), as

48 gravy

“___ but a

49 scratch”

Nevada’s largest 50

county

One doing an

52 oral exam, in brief

Org. with

53

programs that are taking off?

Types in

55

Home of the

58 oldest active M.L.B. ballpark Y.M.C.A. course, 60 for short

Classic AC/DC

61 song represented by the falling circled letters and this answer Maya Angelou’s 65

“And Still I ___” Musical ability

66

Part of N.H.L.

68

Offshore

70

Like 2019 and

71

2021, but not

2020

Fumbles and flubs 72

Pupil’s place

73

Platform for Dr. 74

Mario and Final Fantasy

Places for

75

toasters

DOWN

Next to nothing, 1 as a chance

“___ as you are” 2

“So sad”

3

Correct

4

Supped

5

No-goodnik

6

Schick product

7

2001 Will Smith 8 title role

Course of action 9

Completely wreck 10

Open and honest 11

Tipped off

12

Many a TikTok

13 user

Fish in the genus 22

Hippocampus Opposite of WNW 24

Think ___ of

26

Deck protectors 27

With 36-Down,

29 intersection … as suggested by the circled letters in the middle of this puzzle?

Static, maybe

30

Cloverleaf

31

features

2019, 2020 and 34

2021: Abbr.

See 29-Down

36

CPR sites

38

Animal that

40 sounds a lot like you?

Letters on some 41 airport uniforms Antioxidant juice 43 brand

The “p” of m.p.h. 47

“___ Te Ching”

49

Shouted

51

Porterhouse, e.g. 54

Aptly named

56 shelfmate of Smarties candy Ventriloquist

57

Lewis Flat-headed

58 fastener

Gas in glowing 59 signs

Teamwork

62 disrupters Tackle box item 63

More, as the

64 saying goes Juice suffix

67

Obama ___