The BalTimore Sun CroSSword

ACROSS

1 Numbered work 5 Gushed (about) 10 Employee badges, for short

13 1953 Alan Ladd

Western 14 Former “Weekend Today” co-host Hill

15 Put to the test 16 Super

18 “Bring It on Home to Me” singer Cooke 19 Scolds loudly 20 Civil rights org. founded by a group that included W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells 22 “Legally Blonde”

role for Reese 23 Super

27 Feature of an

A-frame roof 29 Genesis

drummer Collins 30 Wheels for the

well-heeled 31 Feng shui force 33 North Carolina

college town 35 The guy for

ewe?

36 “Nicely done!” and an apt description of 16-, 23-, 51-, and 59-Across 39 Gymnast Mary

__ Retton 41 Rapper who plays Fin

Tutuola 42 Topeka’s st. 43 River of

Florence

45 “No __ done” 47 Start of an encrypted web address

51 Super

54 Put on the

payroll

55 Ish

56 Dreamy state 58 Wall St. debut 59 Super

63 Nada

64 Arizona governor

Hobbs

65 __ well: is a

good sign

66 Hair product 67 Fantastic

bargain 68 Toe the line

DOWN

1 2 3 4 5 “Blast it!” Spanish rice dish Relax, as fists Sailing settings Regain one’s strength

Sleeve Go head-to-head Prefix with footprint

Occurs to, with “on” 10 Proclamation on some birth announcements 11 Old Greek coin 12 Runny nose or

headache, maybe 13 Eye sores 17 Chinese philosophical concept

21 Have a runny nose or headache, maybe 24 London’s Globe,

for one

25 Liquids that may

be herb-infused

6 7 8

9 26 Group of sheep 28 Pad __: stir-fried

noodle dish 32 Like cheap wool 34 Trevor who hosted the “The Daily Show” from 2015 to 2022

36 Sushi option 37 __ sauce

38 Like some

training 39 Expiring, as a

subscription 40 No-bake dessert with a cookie crust 44 Halloween mo.

5/17/23 46 Former German chancellor Angela 48 Diatribe 49 Expensive 50 Goes after 52 Emmy-winning series starring Jean Smart as a comedian 53 Born, in

Bordeaux 57 Online marketplace with holiday homes

60 Rodent or snitch 61 Picnicked

62 Spy org.