Philippine Daily Inquirer

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- | BY RICH NORRIS AND JOYCE NICHOLAS LEWIS

Across

1 Word before and after against

5 Bite

10 Credit card option, familiarly

14 Above

15 Sound transmissi­on

16 Rain gutter site

17 Big name in crossword magazines

19 Wreak havoc on

20 Concave belly buttons

21 Dramatic declaratio­n during an unveiling 23 Cave-dwelling fish

24 Yuletide songs

26 Egyptian cobra

28 Wet blanket

33 Ancestry.com sample

34 “__ the front door!”

35 Look daggers (at)

36 Blu-ray __

38 One-named singer whose four studio albums have numerical titles

41 Go in circles

42 Actress/model Kate

44 First word for some babies

46 __ out a living

47 Challengin­g yoga asana named for a showy bird

50 Uncooked

51 Shoelace tips

52 Indy 500 sponsor

54 Digital currency

57 Pro at net working?

60 Empty hallway sound

61 Electricit­y facility

64 Sci-fi author Stephenson

65 Like the humans in “WALL-E”

66 Director Preminger

67 Oscar winner Catherine __-Jones

68 Nash of “The Rookie: Feds”

69 Gas in an eye-catching sign

Down

1 Grand Canyon people

2 Brick __ pizza

3 Noodles often served alla vodka

4 Orange half of a “Sesame Street” duo

5 Bottle tops

6 “Ben-__”

7 Laudatory poem

8 Great woe

9 Hospital recovery area, for short

10 Some spray cans

11 Haleakala National Park island

12 Profoundly bad 13 Warrior princess played by Lucy Lawless 18 Shrill cries

22 YouTube journal

24 “Dang it!”

25 Basketball shot

26 Make logical sense

27 Long-billed marsh bird

29 “I see now!”

30 Picnic dinnerware

31 “Get Out” actress Alexander

32 Continue to subscribe

37 Pepsi rival

39 Country between Thailand and Vietnam

40 Ambulance letters

43 Canceled, at Cape Canaveral

45 Greek fable writer

48 Like some earrings and ties

49 Obi-Wan __

53 Bird of prey’s claw

54 Mercedes-__

55 Frozen drink brand

56 Not this

57 Lady __ tea

58 Keen about

59 Prestigiou­s British school

62 Tiny

63 Keyboard key for exiting full-screen mode

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