The BalTimore Sun CroSSword

ACROSS

1 Spanish tennis great Nadal, familiarly 5 Upgrade, as

machinery 10 Uncertain 14 Cabbage buy 15 Glazer of “The

Afterparty” 16 Skating commentator Lipinski 17 Analogy words 18 Bridal path

flower piece 19 Stash, as gear 20 Japanese drama 21 Cookbook

contents 23 Author Rand 24 Genre for composer Terence Blanchard 26 Informal “You’re

oversharing” 27 Caramel candies 29 Like some dangerous isotopes

32 Curry of the NBA 34 Bike part 35 Quintet for most

starfish 38 Prefix for a

lifesaving “Pen” 39 Not so big 41 Knock

42 Try to hit

44 Tell it like it isn’t 45 Speed skater

Ohno

47 Act parts

49 Past the point of

caring

50 Michelle of “Crazy Rich Asians” 52 Neighborhood 53 *Secretive email

option 60 Uncommon 61 Assertion 62 Cookie used as a 12-Down topping

63 Admit frankly 64 Omit in speech 65 Spreadsheet unit 66 Soaks up the sun 67 Calf-roping

event

68 Diet that’s high in fats and low in carbs, as illustrated by parts of the answers to the starred clues

DOWN

1 Safari

herbivore 2 Fabulous

writer? 3 *Figure often depicted with a scythe and an hourglass 4 Hubbub

5 Ready for

picking

6 __ college 7 *Pakistani-born chef who was posthumously honored with a James Beard Award

8 Up the

creek

9 Story

10 Part of

FWIW 11 *Serious software problem 12 Dessert from 16 Handles, familiarly 13 Signs of

boredom 21 “Wicked!”

22 __ Lanka 25 Sidelines

cheer

28 Fertility lab

cells

30 Maker of the Deep Blue chess computer 31 Workout top 32 Bodies of

water

33 __ fail 36 Timbuktu’s

land 37 Predicament 39 Fine horse 40 Black bird 43 “What’s the

latest?”

46 NBC

symbol 9/14/22 48 Abby

Wambach’s sport

49 Juliet’s cry 51 Winnie-the-Pooh

greeting 52 Tolerate

53 Sassy kid 54 Chocolate __

cake

55 Waffle

maker

56 “Kills bugs

dead!” spray 57 Hockey Hall of

Famer Willie 58 Hit, as with

snowballs 59 “Seize the day”

initialism