Crossword

ACROSS

1 Skewered Thai dish 6 Yank until 2016 10 “Waterloo” band

14 Patsy profiled in “Sweet Dreams”

15 Seized car, informally 16 Russia’s ___ Mountains 17 Aluminum giant 18 *Result of oversleeping (read each starred answer as a clue for a single letter!) 20 Dull routine

21 Minor employee 22 Drunk as a skunk

23 2018 World Cup winner 26 Simplifies

28 *Vice president, e.g. 33 Shortage

34 Pony up

35 One waving a baton 38 “My guess is ...” 42 NYSE debut

43 “Hey Jude” syllables 45 *Balancing point 52 Oakland’s Oracle ___ 53 “Aida” and “Otello” 54 Military raid 57 Stimpy’s pal

59 Name that anagrams to “Ira”

60 *Pen pal’s exhortation 62 Former sporty Ford, briefly 64 On the subject of 65 Shrek, for one 66 Surgeon’s beam 67 Classic clown

68 Ctrl and Alt

69 Belief system

DOWN

1 Inhales, with “down” 2 Appeal

3 Ice Breakers alternative 4 “I’ll take that as ___” 5 Nay’s opposite 6 Guthrie of folk 7 Chem lab substance 8 Check a box, say 9 Childish rebuttal 10 “Rain Man” condition 11 Muffin type 12 Boxer’s comeback? 13 Cher, voice-wise

19 Rose support

21 Tree on Lebanon’s flag 24 Auction actions

25 Tech review site 27 Feeling sore

29 Like some patches 30 Animated shopkeeper 31 Hanoi’s country, familiarly 32 Add color to

35 ___ drop (stage flourish) 36 Gorilla or gibbon 37 Geological stretch 39 Moses’ brother 40 Crackle companion 41 Rescue

44 Very different (from) 46 Heart on a bicep, say 47 Cleveland’s lake 48 Adidas subsidiary 49 Bluffer’s bold words 50 Paved the way?

51 San ___ (town north of Tijuana)

54 Q-tip, e.g.

55 -ish 56 Cracker brand

58 Barely makes (out) 61 Always-increasing number 62 Dr. Mom’s specialty 63 Chocolate purchase