CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Across
1 Give kudos to 5 Trudge through water
10 News piece 14 Marriott alternative
15 Cake instruction Alice followed 16 Empty-truck weight
17 *Bring dinner to diners, say
19 Gumbo pod 20 Villainous expressions
21 Jamaican export 22 Revolutionary Trotsky
23 To and __ 24 *Discover incriminating information 26 Not yet resolved 29 Yorkie, size-wise 30 Sans accomplices 31 Work on punches 34 Buffalo hockey pro 38 ID checker’s concern
39 *Band’s cheat sheet
41 Schlep
42 “Sorry to say ... “44 Apiary unit 45 Yao of hoops fame 46 Connections 48 Storefront covers 50 *Stiletto on a shoe 55 “Not only that ... “56 Put to work
57 “__ let you know” 58 Stream crosser 61 Word in a hot day simile
62 Sport that involves the moves that start the answers to starred clues 64 Speech quality 65 Olympic blades 66 Molecule component
67 Hearty bowlful 68 Tenant payments 69 Credit union seizure, briefly
Down
1 Fiscal disappointment
2 “Couldn’t agree more!”
3 Like crude oil
4 Not at all homogeneous
5 Black and Red
6 Run for it
7 “SNL” alum Cheri 8 Dragon in “The Hobbit”
9 __ Kohl, first chancellor of reunified Germany
10 “Listen to me next time!”
11 “Star Trek” actor George
12 Fielder’s fluff 13 Should have said 18 God of love
24 Pool diver’s concern
25 Fence support 26 “Sorry to say ... “27 Forum garment 28 Purpose
32 Oscar winner Mahershala
33 Adversary 35 Sight-unseen encounter
36 Ladder part 37 Incubator contents
39 Last word in the first song of the year 40 Suture, say 43 Showing no wear 45 Pay-for-what-youuse hotel feature 47 React to cold
49 __ a one: zero 50 Annual pet checkup components 51 Turn on a shaft 52 Cara of “Fame” 53 Marry on the fly 54 Degeneres who voices Dory 58 Gershwin heroine 59 Unsavory stuff 60 Saint with a fire 63 Tennis do-over