FRIDAY CROSSWORD

Across

1 “Likewise” 6 Oft-misused pronoun 10 Scholastic nos. 14 Labor alliance

15 Icicle spot

16 “If all __ fails ... ” 17 Preference for the center of the road? 19 Significant other 20 Neruda’s “__ to Salt” 21 Sport

22 Slopes topper

24 APB subject

25 Biblical possessive 26 “Pumicepowered” soap

29 Where a Met singer reclines between arias? 33 Valuable violin 35 Hang out in a hammock

36 “Odds __ ... ”

37 __ cit.: footnote notation

38 Response producers 41 Paris article

42 2010 health law, for short

43 Pests treated with Nix Ultra shampoo

44 Needle

46 Cereal that has amazing health benefits? 50 Wasabi __

51 Carved symbol 52 Wall calendar span 54 First woman Speaker of the House 56 Hit or miss

57 Hon

60 Run __

61 Hotel choice leading up to Eid al-Fitr? 64 Moreno of “West Side Story”

65 Jazz singer Anita 66 Govt. investment 67 Crafty website 68 Plane part 69 Alleviates

Down

1 Sport with referee called gyoji

2 Linear

3 Assistant 4 “Pretentious? __?” 5 Flabbergasted

6 Google Docs, e.g.

7 Bun contents

8 Egg cells

9 Private eatery

10 NASA’s second human spaceflight program 11 Mathematical concept based on a digit’s position

12 Hammett dog 13 Permeate

18 Adopted son of Claudius

23 Judy Blume books, e.g. 24 Butter square 25 Slangy slacks 26 Dey-time drama?

27 BP subsidiary 28 Developers’ purchases 30 Cartoon hunter who tries to take a vacation in “Wabbit Twouble” 31 Boxing venue

32 Egg holders 34 Archipelago units 39 Flat-changing tool, once

40 Disarmament subj. 45 Spring mo.

47 Just get by 48 “Understood, cap’n” 49 Young Sheldon, e.g. 53 Lessen

54 Peel

55 Discharge

56 MTV statuettes with an astronaut holding a flag 57 Many Wiki entries 58 Queen played by Olivia Colman in “The Favourite”

59 Concludes

62 Big fuss

63 Slam Dunk Contest org.

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