FRIDAY CROSSWORD

Across

1 Cherry-pick

5 “On the Basis of Sex” monogram

8 Calm and Headspace, for two

12 China setting

13 One bit

15 Sudden transition 16 Part of a player piano? 18 “I w-wish I’d brought a sw-sweater!”

19 Art that may later be regretted

20 Sandwich title

22 Fr. holy woman 23 Letter from Zurich? 26 Royal Navy letters 29 Oral health org.

30 Pets in a Lilian Jackson Braun mystery series 31 Continuity problems 33 Pretty pitcher 36 Aquarium fish 39 Excited cry from a chicory farmer waiting for harvest?

42 Large country estate 43 Period

44 Way back when

45 The Dalai __

47 PO alternative

49 Assam export 50 Dust, silverfish, or dampness?

55 “Go team!”

56 Great time 57 Worrywart’s words 61 Some Neruda poems 63 Scam victim’s lament, and an apt title for this puzzle

65 “Fargo” co-star

66 Like some raincoats 67 Russell of “The Americans”

68 Torah chests

69 Droop

70 “Oh, for heaven’s __!”

Down

1 Lt.’s superior 2 Insurance option for military families: Abbr. 3 Planning aid

4 Goes the distance 5 Road with a no. 6 Suffers in the sun 7 Sparkle

8 Clerical robe 9 Nagging

10 “The Empire Strikes Back,” chronologically 11 Jag

13 Steered clear of 14 Like some poetry 17 “Field of Dreams” state 21 Exams for future attys. 24 “Don’t need to watch that again”

25 Gregg pro

26 “Property Brothers” channel

27 Fish tacos fish, informally 28 Word processor feature 32 Hebrew word in the Book of Psalms

34 Woman on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

35 Sitcom in syndication, e.g. 37 Hustle

38 General vicinity 40 Coastal desert of southern Africa

41 Slowed down

46 To no __: in vain

48 Barrie buccaneer 50 Patisserie lure

51 Plane tracker

52 2022 music biopic directed by Baz Luhrmann 53 Two-time WNBA MVP __ Delle Donne

54 BoSox rivals

58 Ostrichlike bird

59 School grade

60 Singer Brickell

62 __ admin

64 Whine for table scraps, say

Solutions to both crosswords will appear in Sunday’s paper.