FRIDAY CROSSWORD

Across

1 Percolate

5 After, in Avignon 10 Texting format initials 13 Tiniest bit

14 Flexible

15 __ it on thick

16 *Sound made by bursting a cereal bag? 18 Ancient

19 Fix, in a way

20 Tags on Insta, say

21 __ song

22 California home of the National Yo-Yo Museum 24 “Us” director Jordan 25 Sales talk

29 *24-hour TV marathon that requires glasses? 31 “Brave New World” drug 32 __-ray

33 Rooibos, for one

34 With 36-Across, first encounter, or what the answers to the starred clues make?

36 See 34-Across 40 University extension 41 Baseball’s Mattingly 42 Sound reflection 43 *Many fan letters to N.W.A.?

47 Spot of land

48 Some vines

49 Bailey’s Irish __

51 Give for a time 52 Means to be cooler 53 Irrigates

58 Gerund suffix 59 *Bridge that plays a familiar note when crossed? 61 Take advice from a personal injury lawyer, perhaps

62 Submits taxes sans paper

63 Anti-fur gp.

64 Them alternative 65 Make big bangs? 66 Percolate

Down

1 Compact __

2 Wrangler’s need 3 Shipped pair?

4 Walk to and fro

5 Tide shelfmate 6 Detective voiced by Ryan Reynolds

7 Kite, for one

8 Father of Kenan

9 Gas additive brand

10 Got ready to stop 11 UNESCO’s __ Fund for Girls’ Right to Education 12 “Finding Nemo” city 14 Well-worn trail

17 Move slowly

21 Gets ready for surgery 23 “__ cost ya!”

24 Hammer end 25 Penultimate Greek letter 26 F-, e.g.

27 “I’m covering my ears now!”

28 Like some retro frames 30 School near Heathrow 32 Scarecrow creator

35 __ of March

36 Natalie with nine Grammys

37 Knee pt.

38 Marxist Guevara

39 Tyke

41 Oktoberfest outfits 43 Billie who is the youngest woman to win two Oscars

44 Way, or means 45 Snappy put-down 46 National park onMount Desert Island

47 Apple with a few cores 50 Stupefies 52 Revolutionary era pipe 54 Baking amts.

55 Foil alternative

56 Give a star, maybe 57 Lose it

59 Crossed

60 Greta of “The Morning Show”

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