Crossword
ACROSS
1 James who sang “At last, my love has come along” 5 Small matter 9 Easy mark 14 Things with nails sticking out
15 Fat removal procedure, in brief
16 Ease up 17 Direction on a ship 18 Oscar-winning Jared 19 Director Coppola 20 Storms out 23 Author Rand 24 Homecoming returnee, for short 25 During the recent past 27 Airy snack item 30 Casual top 31 Like Life Savers 32 Miss Piggy’s coy question 33 Limitless 34 Having ___ of it 37 “Pretty Woman” co-star
39 Mug 42 Actress/ director Lupino 44 Wear away 48 Request 49 Singer whose 1980 single “The Breaks” was the first gold record rap song 52 Agrees 55 Top-quality 56 Black bird 57 Fairy tale villain associated with the ends of 20-, 27- and 49-Across 60 Playground fixture 61 “Je t’___” (“I love you,” in French) 62 Home of Timbuktu 64 Drooping 65 M.R.I., for one 66 If you drop this, you’re sure to trip 67 Fireplace remains 68 What hot dogs do
69 Parts of gym routines
DOWN
1 Org. with monitors 2 Hunting cry 3 Many a middle schooler
4 On the main 5 Mutated gene 6 Makes too busy to do other things
7 Best
8 It “monthly changes in her circled orb,” in “Romeo and Juliet” 9 Turkish V.I.P. 10 Up and ___ 11 Crisp, smooth fabric 12 Squelches 13 Verily 21 Explorer ___ da Gama
22 Title role for Michael Caine and Jude Law 23 Be effective 26 As of now
28 Starting point for a German count
29 Maritime hazard
33 Almost any word ending in -ize
35 ___ Haley, former U.N. ambassador
36 Alternative to “com” and “org” 38 Mend, as a torn seam
39 Faux ___
40 All of America wrapped up in one book 41 Way, way up 43 Type of coffee 45 Theatrical partner of “Arsenic” 46 Somersault, say 47 “That stinks!” 50 Everyone included
51 Set to the right or the left
53 Marsh plant
54 Executes orders 58 [Oh!!!]
59 Actor Epps
60 Agcy. for retirees
63 Things shown to bouncers