CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Across

1 Light in a socket

5 Hunt for bargains

9 Tick off

13 Enjoyed immensely 15 Smooth engine sound 16 Love, in Lima 17 Gibberish 19 Passed-down stories 20 Support for a side plank exercise

21 Country singer McGraw

22 Finished, as a deck 24 David Muir and Lester Holt

27 “Thor” actor Idris 28 “Just as I thought!” 29 Tax evader’s comeuppance

33 Very beginning

36 Like strung guitar strings

37 “If u ask me ... “38 Sought-after celeb 40 Springsteen’s __ Band 43 Edge of a glass

44 “I claim that!” 46 Perform better than 47 One who scoffs at Bud, perhaps 50 Dominate in competition

51 Dough for spanakopita

52 Attacks

56 Kind of salad named for a NYC hotel

59 Make a dent in 60 Mister, in Mumbai 62 Grammy winner India.__

63 Overtime round, e.g . ... and what a black square acts as for the circled words?

66 Crystal ball gazer 67 Landfill emanation 68 Coffee or tea

69 “No thanks”

70 Nada

71 Draws to a close

Down

1 Ole Miss rival 2 180-degree reversal

3 “I wanna try!”

4 Fella

5 Ocean froth

6 Smooth engine sound 7 Planets, in poems 8 Formal objections 9 Ritzy California beach city

10 “No dessert for me today”

11 Warning after a slice 12 Mister Rogers 14 Random criticism 18 Iwo __

23 Fashioned after 25 Friendly dog greetings 26 Actress Vardalos 30 Regrets

31 Used WhatsApp, say 32 Dog in Oz

33 Clothing

34 Fashion designer Saab 35 “The years just zip by!” 36 The Chicks or ZZ Top 39 Ralph Kramden’s pal 41 Dwarfed, with “over” 42 Ski resort trails 45 “Killing Eve” channel 48 Lyft patrons

49 __-mo videos 50 Actor Epps 53 Blending of one hue to the next, from the French for “shaded”

54 Invite to enter

55 Get big on Twitter 56 Stinging insect 57 Farmland measure 58 Classic dog name 61 Ticks off

64 Very long stretch 65 “What __ you looking at?”