THE FIVE W’S

ACROSS

1 Practical joke 4 “A Lady” for Jane Austen, e. g. 9 Train units 13 “. . . like ___ got diamonds / at the meeting of my thighs?” ( Angelou) 14 Sticky note brand 16 Clarifying phrase when spelling 17 Early lookout shift 19 ___- chic 20 Makes easier to control 21 Furniture store that sells meatballs 23 Crow sound 24 Asterisk 25 Renewed energy 28 Geologic time unit 29 Prefix for “issue” 30 Basketball great Taurasi 31 Put in effort 32 Iron- deficient, maybe 36 Frequent verb in Beyonce’s “Formation” 37 ’ 90s-’ 00s era of feminism 39 Gorillas are “great” ones 42 Trig ratio 43 Trident- shaped letter 46 Pale purple 48 Permissive 49 First Asian- American NBA champion Jeremy 50 Ferris Bueller breaks it 54 Small amount of salt 55 “Furthermore . . .” 56 Be shocked 57 “Get ___ My Way” ( Kylie Minogue song) 58 Parent of Ben Solo

60 One who might pull up a chair to a booth 63 ___ off ( repel) 64 Inter ___ Council of Arizona ( nonprofit advocacy group) 65 Linking verb 66 Ship Athena helped design 67 University higher- ups 68 An American might exchange them for JPY

DOWN

1 Multipart present 2 Pilot 3 Deutschland 4 Some vacation rentals, for short 5 Lead- in to “key” or “profile” 6 “God ___ Woman” ( Ariana Grande hit) 7 Room below a roof 8 “___ MODE” ( Travis Scott single)

9 Taxi 10 Preferring solitude 11 Bajan pop star and beauty mogul 12 Procrastinating student’s wish 15 Now’s partner 18 Spanish 101 verb 22 Contribute 25 Chain with carhops 26 Month numero uno 27 Sage 29 Curt dismissal 33 Some residents’ degs. 34 Reassuring response to “Be careful!” 35 Ear passage 37 Former Russian title 38 Annoy 39 Rabbit food 40 Trailblaze 41 Avoiding 43 Stop improving, say 44 Venus and Serena, e. g.

45 Got air 47 Middle, geometrically ( Abbr.) 51 Weight 52 Unusual 53 Lily Allen’s actor brother 54 “Obviously!” 57 Barn birds 59 Fuss 61 Sched. placeholder 62 Parent of Ben Solo

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