CROSSWORD
MASS CONFUSION ACROSS
1 Like beer at keggers
6 Hockey puck, e.g.
10 “SNL” bit
14 Telegraph pioneer
15 Letter before Foxtrot
16 “Back up” PC command
17 All thumbs
18 Period of prosperity
19 Baum coward
20 Jeans go-with, often 21 Noise-mitigating barrier
24 Mother Teresa, since 2016
26 “Suppose so”
27 Quick on the uptake
29 Mark Cuban, to the Mavericks
31 Beat the pants off
32 Guardian Angels jacket material
34 Pesky insect
37 Michael Keaton role-reversal movie
39 Busy co. before Mother’s Day
40 U.S. government branch count
42 “You betcha!”
43 Loving touch
46 “That hurts!”
47 Reason to reboot, maybe
48 “Quaking” trees
50 Showing little emotion
53 Salmon or sole serving
54 African bovine
57 Sock ___ (old dance event)
60 Crude cartel
61 Masseur’s supply
62 Ausable Chasm, e.g.
64 Apt to mouth off
65 Self-storage rental
66 Have a thing for
67 Periods named for music genres
68 Gig components
69 Staircase post
DOWN
1 Fail to mention
2 NOYB part
3 Remains of a felling
4 Hieroglyphics reptile 5 Watch a friend’s dog, say
6 First public showing 7 Image for an app 8 Wearing brogans, say
9 NFL showcase event
10 Element in gunpowder
11 Whittler’s tool
12 Holly wood faves
13 Voicemail sounds
22 Slot machine inserts
23 Hollywood go-between
25 Lot purchase
27 Word before ant or brat
28 Like a poor loser
29 Mink’s cousin
30 Elopes, e.g.
33 Colin Kaepernick hairdo
34 Unblockable hoops shot
35 “Exodus” author Uris
36 Trees that yield bow wood
38 Fast-food pork sandwich 41 Overblown publicity
44 Backbreaking
45 Go for the America’s Cup
47 Awards a seat to
49 “Just Do It ” or “Just Say No”
50 Mouthwash brand
51 Thin candle
52 “L’Orfeo” or “Otello”
53 Goes without fare
55 “Works for me”
56 Move like a dragonfly
58 Kid-lit meanie
59 Spa skin treatment
63 Glorif ying verse