DAILY BRAIN TEASERS

ACROSS

1 Prickly desert plants 6 Oolong and rooibos

10 “The Problem With __”: documentary about Indian stereotypes on “The Simpsons”

13 In order to

14 Puts on edge 16 Springs for dinner 17 “Almost!” 18 Distant

19 “Gorillas in the Mist” animal 21 Answering to 22 Bargain hunter’s event

26 Dairy farm animal 27 Majestic homes 32 As good as it gets 36 News inits.

37 __ Beds National Monument

38 Rush hour woe 42 Actress Falco 43 “I’m __ ears!” 44 Iona College athletes

45 Major plot twist in “The Wizard of Oz”?

47 Happy __ clam 49 Lingers

55 Permit

59 Syst. with hand gestures

60 Away from shore 61 Items found on library shelves, and what are literally found in each set of circled letters 64 Ludicrous 66 Response to someone saying 65-Down, perhaps

67 Hairstyle that may be maintained by a professional “loctician”

68 Had a bite

69 Relay race segments

70 “R u for real?”

DOWN

1 Resort island in the Ionian Sea 2 First-stringers

3 __ City: Baltimore’s nickname

4 Skin art, for short 5 “We’re on!” 6 Melodies

7 Roxy Music co-founder Brian 8 “__-Man and the Wasp”

9 Title with a “II,” maybe 10 Passionate 11 Transportation Secretary Buttigieg

12 Icon tapper 13 Polaris or Betelgeuse 15 Part of

RBI

20 Chapel bench

23 Rights advocacy org.

24 Datebook entry: Abbr.

25 Wild ani- mal’s home

28 Commu- nications code word for “A”

29 Casual eatery

30 Really, really bad

31 Biological pouches

32 “Rhyme Pays” rapper 33 Knucklehead 34 Dubai dignitary 35 “Right on!” 36 http follower 39 “And here it is!” 40 Musk of SpaceX 41 Seaweed gelatin 46 “Can’t be helped” 47 Pack animal 48 Light lunches 50 “Oh my gosh!” reactions

51 Fertile desert spots 52 Garden-variety 53 Square

54 Both parents, in some families 55 “Mamma Mia!” pop group

56 Boor

57 Only

58 Approved, briefly 62 Word before a maiden name 63 Really grooved