DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Beloved British princess 6 Clothing designer Perry 11 Lakers rivals, on NBA scoreboards

14 Improvise 15 Coolness under pressure 16 Every bit (of) 17 *Baseball batting statistic measured in degrees

19 In addition 20 Arizona city or landform 21 Cucumbers used as pickles 23 Peyton’s quarterback brother 25 Cooking need 27 10-Down may have a sixth one 28 *Common food thickening agent 32 Beet or ginger 33 Accustom (to), as hardship 34 Best songs countdown list 36 Soy sauce often gluten-free 38 Actress __ Brie of “Mad Men” 42 Inlaid artwork 46 Emcee’s opening 47 Crescent point 50 *High-ranking heavenly beings 52 Dad’s brother 54 Appear to be 55 Corned beef on __ 56 Fragrant climbing plant 58 Make, as money 61 Altoids container 62 “Don’t give up yet!” ... or a hint to the answers to starred clues

66 Number of U.S. states with threeword capitals 67 Fibber’s admission 68 Fable writer 69 Rx writers

70 In the ballpark 71 Calendar entries

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1 Indian lentil dish 2 Boise’s st. 3 Foil metal 4 Yellow-striped pool ball 5 Basics 6 MPG-testing org. 7 In olden times 8 Start to shine 9 Capri or Wight 10 See 27-Across 11 Guy watching Telemundo, probably 12 Pete of the N.Y. Mets who broke Aaron Judge’s rookie record for home runs in 2019 13 Room for a broom

18 “Verrrry funny” 22 Letterspacing technique, in typography 23 Highway off-ramp 24 Singer Del Rey 26 Tolkien creature 29 Stomp all over 30 Protagonist 31 L.A. commuter org. 35 Tiger’s ex-wife 37 “Love __ Battlefield”: Pat Benatar hit 39 Most harsh 40 Paris airport 41 Smell detector

43 Hall of talk TV 44 Frozen periods 45 Guerrilla Guevara 47 Made-to-order 48 Chillax 49 Movie takes 51 Congregation response 53 Moral standard 57 Gloomy aura 59 Somewhat 60 Flightless South American bird 63 Suffix with fluor64 __ v. Wade 65 Short albums,

for short