CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Across

1 Taper or fade

5 Many

9 Charcuterie board selection

13 Invocation syllables 14 Tropical evergreen 16 Chanel scent 17 Something heard around Chicago, literally?

19 Like AOL software, originally

20 EDM instrument 21 Bug

23 Digital thermometer? 24 Acorn producer 26 Hurdle before spring break, literally?

28 Baby __

32 Inflexible

33 One of 28 Monopoly cards

34 Dermatologist’s concern

37 Overalls material 39 Brooding sort 40 Passport or Pilot, e.g., literally?

42 Scooby-__

43 Locked account? 45 Snowballs or paintballs

46 “Yeah, try again” 47 Regional plant life 49 Cup holder site

51 Frog that carries fertilized eggs on its back, literally?

54 NYC member of “The Squad” in Congress 55 Frozen over 56 48-Down song with the line “But when I call, you never seem to be home”

58 Shake __

62 Snatches

64 Reason to buy a sports car, for some, literally?

66 Grasp

67 Sign into law

68 Gas lighting?

69 Hot

70 Transcript stats

71 Lip

Down

1 Crow’s cacophony 2 Heed

3 Setting of the graphic novel “Persepolis”

4 Bit of info

5 The “A” of LGBTQIA+, for short

6 Scott who turns into Ant-Man 7 Valence electrons, often

8 Have a trying experience?

9 Green prefix

10 “I’m not even here” 11 Squeezeboxes 12 Internet hookup 15 Mammal that uses kelp as a blanket

18 Crust

22 Rust

25 Fuzzy fruit

27 Grow old

28 Adult __

29 “Suit yourself!” 30 Shark cage? 31 Ingenuity org. 35 Coquito liquor 36 Rating for “Euphoria,” briefly

38 No longer relevant 40 Cab alternative 41 First name in the Harlem Renaissance

44 Piglet pal

46 Tide pool sights 48 56-Across singer 50 Zen garden growth 51 Boneless appetizer 52 Hurl

53 Yosemite peak freeclimbed by Emily Harrington, familiarly 57 Black-and-white predator

59 Well offshore

60 Corp. bean counters 61 “Steak House” dressing brand

63 Chicago WNBA team 65 “__ my pleasure!”