The Daily Crossword
ACROSS
1 Shea successor
5 Requirements for some new jobs, briefly
10 Bunch
14 Soba alternative
15 Facetious target of
a series of guides 16 Film princess who says, “You came in that thing? You’re braver than I thought”
17 Chap, in British
slang
18 Middle, approximately?
20 Start of an old
boast
22 “That’s amazing!” 23 South American
barbecue
24 Slushy drinks
26 Cartoonist Chast 27 Sequence, approximately?
30 Middle of a valley? 31 Abbey area
32 Prefix with male or
female
35 Straight, approximately?
40 French chum
41 Heart
42 Enthusiasm
44 Right, approximately?
49 Oakland-to-palo
Alto dir. 52 Fantasy author
Canavan
53 Goes to press?
54 Place with crude
buildings?
56 Hockey Hall of
Famer Cam
57 Quarters, approximately?
60 Whipped up
62 Back talk, in slang 63 Land parcels
64 “Inspiration Information” musician Shuggie
65 Salchow kin
66 Hues
67 Set components
DOWN
1 Little lion
2 Voice of Chief
Bogo in “Zootopia” 3 Colorful cereal
mascot
4 Enter aggressively 5 Teeming (with)
6 End of an academic address
7 Truss who was very briefly U.K. prime minister in 2022
8 Like molasses, visà-vis water
9 Straightened, say 10 Pole, e.g.
11 Fixture in some
voting booths
12 Singalong quintet 13 Ballroom dance 19 Snout
21 Upstanding
23 Spend time in a
cellar, perhaps
24 “Casablanca” role 25 Put the squeeze on 28 Google Play purchase
29 LG rival
33 Sacrosanct
34 Barely get wet?
36 One of the
“Rugrats” twins
37 U.N. head between Boutros and Ban
38 Planner abbr.
39 Adjust an ascot 43 Booker T.’s band 45 Letters before a
fresh take
46 Flip response to an
ultimatum
47 Official fuel of
NASCAR
48 Quake aftershock 49 “Yes and no”
50 Dakota Natives
51 Get away from
55 Neutrogena shampoo
56 Storied loch
58 Inspiration for
Keats
59 Date
61 Double curve