Crossword

ACROSS

1 Longest river in Europe 6 Short race

10 They may use your location 14 Decorate

15 Alexa’s smart speaker 16 Boyfriend

17 On the up-and-up 18 Captain with a whalebone prosthesis

19 Word after “garage” or “grunge”

20 Golf tournament displays (read the first two syllables aloud!)

23 Plague

26 ___ XING

27 Fill an empty nest? 28 February 13th observance for “ladies celebrating ladies” (first two syllables) 31 Wanted-poster palindrome 32 Chess or Candy Land 33 Cosmologist Carl

36 Docs for puppies

38 Battle of the ___

41 Despise

42 Assignment with an argument

44 Word before “a time” 46 Unknown, on a sched. 47 Good place to watch Jazz

players (first syllable) 51 Not up to ___

53 Road runner?

54 Regains consciousness 55 Reveal a lot (about), or a hint to this puzzle’s punny theme

58 Biblical fratricide victim 59 Close to closed

60 Boot camp boss, briefly 64 Queue

65 Stare open-mouthed 66 Statement made by folding

your hand?

67 Rock cover

68 Finales

69 “Later, gator!”

DOWN

1 Nickname that leaves out “erie”

2 Metrical homage 3 Celery stick, when topped with “ants”

4 Lexus lattice

5 Starting the pot

6 Idle period

7 Dull pain

8 Packers great Sterling 9 Paper tiger?

10 “Dancing Queen” group 11 Heavenly entrance 12 Black-and-white animal in the WWF’s logo

13 Full of lather

21 Stand in for 22 Blackjack calculation 23 Mescal source 24 Knockoffs 25 Modern TV components 29 Center of activity 30 Back rub reaction 34 Chance to swing 35 “Groovy!”

37 ___ Tome and Principe 39 Food connoisseurs 40 City of sin

43 “That tastes awful!” 45 Harry Potter, to Lord Voldemort

48 Wreak havoc on 49 Helen or Hector

50 Kind of seed on a bread roll 51 Service song

52 H.S. class covering cellular respiration

56 Brewery choices

57 “The Shield” cop grp. 61 Eggs on a sushi roll 62 Fawkes celebrated on November 5

63 GPS guess