CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Big advertiser at auto races
4 Sunoco competitor
9 Distinctive smell
13 Breakfast restaurant chain
15 Quarter Pounder topper
16 Jay who preceded Jimmy Fallon
17 Singer’s latest
19 “What’s gotten ___ you?”
20 Poems whose titles often start “To a …”
21 Con’s opposite
22 Alternatives to Nikes
23 Lodge member
24 Like religious institutions vis- à- vis the I. R. S.
26 King Arthur’s magician
29 The lion in summer?
30 “Disgusting!”
31 What gigabytes might measure
35 Vexes
39 “We can go safely now”
42 Like food from a West African drive- through?
43 Tire material
44 In the style of
45 Envision
47 Scores two under par
49 “Excuse me?”
55 YouTube posting, casually
56 Praise highly
57 The Diamondbacks, on scoreboards
58 Vicinity
60 ___ monster ( desert denizen)
61 Final words of Martin Luther King Jr.’ s “I Have a Dream” speech … or a hint to the endings of 17-, 24-,
39- and 49- Across
64 Wartime friend
65 Actress Christina
66 Chunk of concrete
67 Loch ___ monster
68 Approved, as a contract
69 Resting place?
DOWN
1 Covet one’s neighbor’s wife, e. g.
2 “The Cosby Show” son
3 Volatile situation
4 Mustard in the game Clue, e. g.: Abbr.
5 Bumbling
6 Queen’s crown
7 Shout at Fenway Park
8 Final word shouted before “Happy New Year!”
9 Cruet filler at an Italian restaurant
10 Jeans material
11 Not bottled, at a bar
12 Perch in a chicken house
14 Green shampoo
18 ___ Pie ( frozen treat)
22 Tree toppler
25 French president’s palace
26 Catcher’s glove
27 Canyon effect
28 More proximate
32 East Lansing sch.
33 Gambling parlor, for short
34 Umbrella part
36 Super bargains
37 Vitamin- rich green vegetable
38 Mmes. of Madrid
40 Dresses up for a comic con, say
41 Fancy tie
46 Grab a bite
48 TV’s “2 Broke ___”
49 Started
50 Napoleon, on St. Helena
51 Vexes
52 Bobby who sang “Mack the Knife”
53 Big name in vacuum cleaners
54 Sister’s daughter, e. g.
59 “Right now!”
61 Payday, often: Abbr.
62 Help
63 Letters on an unfinished sched.