CROSSWORDS

ACROSS

1 Galaxy body

5 Fellow

9 Mezcal base

14 Sharpen

15 Chicago airport 16 Mortal danger

17 Like Scotch 18 Flat-bottomed ship 19 Third-stringers

20 “No one told me!” 23 “Monsters, __”

24 Like most of Nunavut’s population 26 Had a new proprietor 34 Solitary

35 Ill-advised action 36 Terse summons 37 Climbing greenery 38 Economist and social reformer Webb who coined the term “collective bargaining”

41 Sushi spheres

42 Bronze, e.g.

44 European capital west of Helsinki

45 Rain buckets

46 Run errands during a bad storm, say

50 “Ouch!”

51 “Arrested Development” narrator Howard

52 Heart of an operation, and a hidden feature of 20-, 26-, and 46-Across 59 Take the top off 62 Coast

63 Bryant of “Human Resources”

64 Garden tool

65 Tiny bits

66 Grand opening? 67 Follow, as a hunch 68 Russian “no”

69 Utopia

DOWN

1 Persian word for “king” 2 Like takeout orders

3 From the top

4 Pinot noir or merlot 5 Masala __: milky spiced tea

6 Male deer

7 Golden Fleece ship 8 Glance through an open door, say

9 Way for a high schooler to build credit?

10 Catch on (to)

11 “We __ the Champions” 12 By way of

13 Stately tree

15 Lewd

21 “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” director Lee 22 St. Louis-toChicago dir. 25 Charlize of “Mad Max: Fury Road” 26 Scale

27 Be overattentive, as a waiter

28 Sometime soon 29 Classic film noir about a man investigating his own murder

30 Pirouetting, say

31 In sorrier shape 32 “Catch you later” 33 Social equals

38 Used dynamite on, as a safe

39 Unwell

40 Strong-arms

43 Green topper for toast 45 Writer’s alias 47 Three-time NBA Finals MVP Duncan 48 Confines

49 Tavern owner on “The Simpsons” 53 Greeting on deck 54 Staff member? 55 “Dagnabbit!”

56 Like a game headed to overtime

57 Rim

58 Actor Gosling

59 Mex. neighbor

60 Video game figure not controlled by a human: Abbr.

61 Calico or tuxedo