CROSSWORD GRAND OPENING

ACROSS

1 Disinfectant spray’s target 5 Low-___ diet 9 Trudge 13 Solo for Cecilia Bartoli 14 Someone who’s doomed 15 Passed- down tales 16 Guitarist’s tool 17 Sister brand of Miracle- Gro 18 Carpet layer’s measurement 19 Where you might be greeted with “Siyo!” 22 Between sm. and lg. 23 Wheel bar 24 Have a fistfight 29 Doorstep coverings 32 What two halves make 33 Tzatziki herb 34 Painter Holloman 36 Evil character in a soap opera, often 38 Paris transit system 40 Heroic tale 41 Colorful wrap 43 Overhasty 45 Cow’s chew 46 Title for Emma Thompson 47 Building super’s item 49 “No sweat!” 51 Proverbially 49- Across dessert 52 El Salvador’s region 59 Footwear brand 60 “Specifically . . .” 61 Circus safety items 63 Show off some pipes 64 Pizzeria fixtures 65 Much- worshipped celebrity 66 “Sad to say . . .” 67 Wasps’ abode 68 Fish in “Finding Dory”

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1 Gender pay ___ 2 “Here for It” author R. ___ Thomas 3 Rolling in dough 4 Defiant phrase 5 Bottle stopper 6 Toss in chips before the deal 7 Put in the microwave, say 8 Birthplace of hip- hop 9 Levels off 10 Model Harvey 11 Sister brand of Nilla 12 Lucy Diggs Slowe served as one at Howard University 14 Blast 20 Actress Tara 21 ___ mater 24 Connect the ___ 25 Not married 26 “Atonement” star Knightley 27 Flamenco shout 28 Prefix for “sound” or “marathon” 30 Racing venue 31 “In other news,” for one 34 Reward poster subjects, perhaps 35 “Portrait of a ___ on Fire” 37 Handouts at sign- in desks 39 Dorm supervisors 42 One translation of the Hungarian word “korte” ( another being “lightbulb”) 44 Successor 47 “Mi amor,” in English 48 Bring under control 50 Tried to suppress 52 “House,” in Spanish 53 Rotten to the core 54 “What Happened, Miss Simone?” name 55 Bowls over 56 Tzatziki herb 57 Surrender 58 Smallest unit of matter 62 ___- mo

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