CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Across
1 Rae who plays President Barbie in “Barbie” 5 “We __ Overcome” 10 Piedmont bubbly 14 Former name of a film-rating org. 15 Natasha’s “Russian Doll” role
16 Like lemon drops 17 Gnat: “Bug spray sighting. Request for assistance.” Bee: “__. Backup is on the way.” 19 Letter-shaped fastener
20 NBA stat
21 Meas. of time
22 Co-op divisions 24 Milne character with a “Gloomy Place” 26 Kittens: “Dogs, do you read us?” Puppy: “__. You’re coming in loud and clear.”
29 Primer mes del a–o 30 Prohibit
31 Seating assistant 32 Stood the test of time 35 “__ Twist, Scientist”: kid-lit bestseller
36 Bunny: “Come in, Hare. Return to base.” Hare: “__. Wilco.”
39 Wine datum
41 Dished the dirt 42 Lugged
45 Moray __
46 Paper quantities 50 Bear: “Doe? Stag? Any deer got your ears on?” Deer: “__.”
52 Stuck
53 Resulted in
54 Jewelry retailer Alex and __
55 L.A. bus-and-rail overseer
56 Uncommon Scrabble outcomes
57 Pig: “Hen, put the hammer down.” Hen: “Catch you on the flipflop: __.”
61 Astrobiology org.
62 La Festa di San Valentino emotion
63 German spouse 64 “Hey, c’mere!” 65 Introvert
66 Country star Lovett
Down
1 “Now’s a good time” 2 Abdominal organ 3 Take one’s leave, informally 4 Small batteries 5 Capture
6 “Frozen” villain
7 Do some sums
8 Ad-__
9 Easy two-pointer, in basketball
10 Rooms under roofs 11 Red-and-white topper 12 Had faith in
13 Addams cousin 18 Large crowd 23 Washington Square Park sch.
25 After-lunch sandwich 26 Airline, e.g.
27 Possible score before a penalty shootout 28 Spanish spouse: Abbr. 30 CrossFit staple
33 __ Moines, Iowa 34 Two-bagger: Abbr. 36 Shares, in a way 37 Senator Sanders 38 “You have no __!” 39 DOJ bureau
40 Net protectors 43 Heeds a relationship red flag
44 Bit of Morse code 47 Military storehouse 48 Shared, as a friend 49 Lady Liberty, for one 51 Outspoken
52 Job at DC Comics 54 Lot of land
56 Meas. of thyme 58 Medical gp. 59 Charged particle 60 Gridiron org.