The Daily Crossword
ACROSS
1 Former Yankee
slugger, familiarly
5 Barrel of laughs
9 “Joy of Cooking”
writer Rombauer 13 Take away
15 Skeleton prefix
16 Is sorry about
17 *Chilled caffeinated
drink
19 __-lock brakes
20 Pt. of HDTV
21 __ facto
22 “Moby-dick” ship 24 Slim woodwind
26 Not well
27 “Star Wars” pilot
Dameron
28 *Cold War barrier 32 Blueprints
33 Orderly
34 Comply with
38 Frying liquids
39 Holy book
40 Small valley
41 Ward on “FBI”
42 Brazilian berry
43 Medicinal units
44 *Close-knit,
influential group
47 Legal org.
50 Lummox
51 Peters out
52 Tearjerker featuring Anna Chlumsky in her feature-film debut
54 Ceramics oven
56 “__ the season ... ” 59 Radar screen spot 60 *English name of a West African republic
63 Refrain
syllables
64 Majorino of
“Veronica Mars” 65 Cosmetician
Lauder
66 Meadow moms 67 Affirmative votes 68 Pass (through)
slowly
DOWN
1 In the thick of
2 Risotto grain
3 Part of the Three
Musketeers’ credo 4 Lemon
5 NFL officials 6 The 411
7 “__ of Girls’ Things”: poem by Sharon Olds 8 Metal tab that
protects a shoe 9 Baghdad’s country 10 Accumulate, as
charges
11 “Same here!”
12 “All kidding __ ... ” 14 Descendants
18 Oil cartel acronym 23 “Riverdale” actor
Goree
25 Tiny potted tree
26 Slanted, as a
typeface
28 1970s tennis star
Nastase
29 Worldwide
humanitarian gp. 30 Concrete reinforcing
rod 31 “Sorry, can’t help
ya”
32 Spots to buy
stamps: Abbr.
35 Mid-american Conference university in Indiana 36 Actress Fanning 37 “Of course!” 39 Triteness 43 Royal son
45 Fin. neighbor
46 In a lazy way
47 Saunter 48 Internal regulation
for a club
49 Nimble
53 Hoppy brews,
briefly
54 Beer company
based in Hawaii
55 Some nest eggs,
for short
57 Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues 58 Dance move
61 “C’est la __!”
62 CIA predecessor