The BalTimore Sun CroSSword

ACROSS

1 Tool that can be a musical instrument 4 Not berthed 8 Designated 14 Confidentiality

contract: Abbr. 15 Spider-Man cocreator Lee 16 Prophecy source 17 Get-together with a sketchy vibe?

19 Beam benders 20 Cookie-based

dessert 21 Spanish

“those”

22 Salon job 23 Marketer’s blitz

campaign? 28 Affirmative

replies 30 General on a

menu

31 Sign of healing 32 __ Cruces, New

Mexico

34 “Yeah, I guess” 36 Pickleball shot 37 Intercom call on Take Your Child to Work Day? 40 Mud bath spot 42 Bash who co-hosts CNN’s “State of the Union”

43 Mo

44 The Buckeye

State

46 WNBA official 47 A few bucks,

say

51 Shake Weight and The Flex Belt, per their infomercials? 55 Heaps

56 Limo destination 57 Jack up

59 Nut used to make vegan cheese

62 Cold Hawaiian treat ... or a directive followed four times in this puzzle? 63 Understood by

few

64 Despise

65 Org. with seven

teams in Canada 66 “This Is Spinal

Tap” director 67 Lyft competitor 68 Game Boy

batteries

DOWN

1 Beagle who pilots an imaginary Sopwith Camel 2 Like premium streaming services 3 Communion

rounds

4 Urgent letters 5 Narrow piece 6 Foodie website covering 25 metro areas 7 “__ takers?” 8 Arcade

achievements 9 Bad move 10 Ups the ante 11 Telethon VIPs 12 Blight-stricken

tree

13 __ Moines 18 Grapefruit kin 21 Succeed

24 “You can come

out now” 25 Rights advocacy

gp. 26 __ Tomé and

Príncipe 27 Recede 29 Hourglass stuff 33 Draw for some

pictures 35 Contact lens

holders 37 Uttered

38 Hr. for an after-lunch nap, maybe 39 Interval of eight

notes

40 Cry noisily 41 Soup with rice

noodles

45 Anne of Green

Gables, for one

2/15/23 48 “Riverdale” actress

Huffman 49 “Caught redhanded!” 50 Braces (oneself) 52 Nobel-winning chemist JoliotCurie

53 Process that may involve PT or OT

54 Roofing option 58 Of all time 59 Subway unit 60 “What __

those?”

61 Bio or chem 62 Moo __ pork