JERUSALEM POST DAILY BRAIN TEASERS QUICK CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 FX for some Marvel characters 4 ’30s veep John __ Garner

9 Different

14 __ & Hammer baking soda

15 Throw for __: upset

16 Lumbering critter seen on safaris 17 Make like Drake 18 Hot dog topper 19 Gave up formally 20 “That’s what we agreed on”

23 La., once

24 Latin word for “brought back” used in titles 25 Haleakala National Park locale

29 “Can’t argue with the truth”

32 Period of time 34 Bollywood wrap 35 Who, in Paris 36 Tic-__-toe 37 Drink suffix 40 Inc.’s U.K. cousin 41 Coffee dispenser 42 Pertinent 43 Ostracize 45 Barely making, with “out”

47 “Can’t fight City Hall”

51 One-named “Pillowtalk” singer 52 Pitney __ 53 Puerto __ 56 “That’s life” ... and a summing-up of 20-, 29- and 47-Across

59 Baby Yoda’s real name

62 Workout regimen 63 Rollover acronym 64 Wavy dos

65 HR assessments 66 Mork’s home planet

67 Tiptoe deviously 68 “For __ sake!” 69 Long of “Empire”

DOWN

1 Jeweler’s measure 2 Test score

3 In a flawed way 4 Salt formula 5 Trumpet great with a statue in New Orleans 6 Creaks and shrieks

7 Piña __: rum drinks

8 Anesthetic injection that eases pain 9 Black-and-white ocean predator 10 Louise’s title pal 11 Kept out of sight 12 L.A.-to-Chicago dir. 13 Curtain holder 21 Devastated sea

22 Use, as influence 26 Corporate expansion tactic

27 Turnpike no-no, usually

28 “Of Thee __”

30 Many a Zoom session

31 Castro of Cuba

32 Cable net- work that’s a homophone for movie headliners

33 __ New Guinea

38 Abu __ 39 Tricky basketball footwork named for the continent of its origin 44 ’70s-’80s genre associated with the Knack’s “My Sharona” 46 Actress Russell 48 Real puzzle 49 Nuke, as leftovers

50 Of service 54 Clouds that sound like a virtual assistant 55 Japanese port 57 Warthog weapon 58 Throw easily 59 Navig. technology 60 Stimpy’s sidekick 61 Iron mine output

Across

1 Totalitarian government system (7)

5 Contemptuous exclamation (5)

8 Native Jerusalemite (7) 9 Book of maps (5)

10 Not heavy (5)

11 Vital part. (7)

12 Markle, married to 19 ACROSS (6)

14 Withhold. (6)

17 Thick fog (3,4)

19 Son of Princess Diana, married to 12 ACROSS (5) 22 Artist’s stand (5) 23 Resembling a fish that resembles a snake (3-4) 24 What you watched programs on in the 1960s (2,3) 25 x 10 (7)

Down

1 Unnecessary feature (5) 2 ___ off (minimize) (5) 3 Cool cola alternative (4,3) 4 ___ voyage (ship’s first trip) (6)

5 Very much, lots (5) 6 Married to 45th US president (7)

7 Washed-up star, e.g. (3-4) 12 Most prone to brooding (7) 13 Spectacles (7) 15 Level, tier (7) 16 Sunny disposition (6)

18 ___ moth (nocturnal insect) (5)

20 Zoo tusker, informally (5) 21 Triangular traffic sign (5)