CROSSWORD

APEX PREDATORS

ACROSS

1 “The Great” actress Fanning 5 Laptops and such 8 ___ and flows 12 Transit option 13 Letters on some tombstones 14 Localities

16 If an apple were magnified to the size of the Earth, this would be close to the size of an apple 17 “MOOD 4 ___” (Beyonce song) 18 Last line of defense in soccer 20 Bad deeds 21 Last test of the semester 23 Story

24 Finish

25 Jazz vocalist ___ McLorin Salvant

26 “American ___” (singing competition show)

27 Off in the distance

29 Took a nap, say

31 Smooths in a woodshop 33 “Hey there!” 34 ___/her/hers 37 Chalk up

40 Not this or that 42 As ___ crow flies 43 Coming up after this

45 Wanders

46 Team leader

47 Does and bucks

48 Greek vowel

51 Check back out of the library, say 53 Sponsor of the Lifetime mini-movie “A Recipe for Seduction” 56 Crowd noise 57 Wipe away

58 * 59 Take to a higher

court

61 Query

62 Tortoise

competitor

63 “Bye for now!”

64 Golf ball holder

65 In the past

66 Fictional sleuth

Nancy

67 Important nine

digits (Abbr.)

68 ___ out

(barely got)

DOWN

1 Wipe away 2 Romance language’s root 3 Chinese New Year performance 4 Trees that might be attacked by beetles

5 Like better 6 Word before “duty” or “engagement” 7 Language in which “foot” is “pie” 8 Watchful person 9 Dude

10 “Get lost!” 11 Meal in a bowl 15 Building by a barn 19 Slippery sea creature

22 Poker declaration

25 Poker location

28 Prez on the dime

30 Joined together

31 Took a seat

32 Volcano

output

34 TV show with entrepreneurs and investors

35 Line on a shirt

36 Hosp. parts

38 Pastry often filled with almond paste

39 Do really well

41 Foot part

44 Dangers

46 String of jobs,

perhaps

47 Remove light

from 48 Savings plan

option

49 “Didn’t mean for

that to happen”

50 Recorded for

future viewing

52 Soothes

54 Exaggerated

comedy

55 Doctrine

58 Sandal or boot

60 Affirmative vote