NEWSDAY CROSSWORD

Welcome to our new crossword by Stanley Newman. Readers will find the puzzle is easy on Monday and gets progressively more challenging throughout the week.

ACROSS

1 Baltic capital

5 It may be taken orally

9 Porterhouse feature

14 Big name at SpaceX

15 Reign over

16 Author of personal finance bestsellers

17 Unstable state

18 Historical studies

19 “Beauty is truth” poet

20 Saloon entertainers

23 Ends’ partners

24 All-encompassing

25 Omen

28 Seasoned pro

29 Buffalo cousins

33 Temporary state

34 Teapot part

36 Southern Hemisphere resort

37 Electrical measure

38 Pastoral instrument

40 Melted chocolate, e.g.

41 Repent of

42 Sense of scents

43 Rodeo snarer

45 NO __ TRAFFIC

47 Cell dweller

48 Filled with thick tidbits

49 Electrical measure

51 Padlocked

52 Skill for some sopranos

56 Pacific island nation

57 Georgetown athlete

58 Spiller’s comment

61 Farm carts

62 School for Captain Hook

63 Gospel threesome

64 Insincere

65 Number at a nightclub

66 It may be taken orally

DOWN

1 Penalty caller

2 Feeling off

3 Ascend

4 Feeling fretful

5 Hot right now

6 Capital of Italy

7 Response to a slight

8 Flashy electrical device

9 2021 Olympics venue

10 Lighthearted

11 Actor Epps or Sharif

12 DC team

13 Recent USCGA grad

21 Sellers of mag space

22 Really relished

25 Nautical direction

26 “Yup”

27 Words With Friends fan

28 Dow Jones Industrial since 2015

30 #3 gas in the atmosphere

31 Stall in a mall hall

32 Cry at county fairs

34 Seuss’ star-bellied creatures

35 Shout from a sarge

39 Leisurely walk

44 Consequence

46 What SPFs measure the blocking of

48 Mao foe

50 Handy to have

51 Surveil

52 Legal aide, for short

53 Operator of King David Clubs

54 Debunker of the Wizard

55 Elaborate deception

56 DocuSign file format

59 Its eShop sells ball markers

60 Theoretical trial, for short