Today's crossword

ACROSS

1 Plot points? 5 Reply-all email

storm deterrents 9 Horse breed native to the Middle East and North Africa

13 In a frenzy 14 Desert succulents 16 Common piercing

spot 17 Beekeeper’s

valentine? 19 Chaucer chapter 20 Up and about 21 Meditation retreat 23 “Karma is a __ / Purring in my lap ’cause it loves me”: Taylor Swift lyric

25 Juice barista’s

valentine? 28 Almost overflow 30 Yokohama drama 31 Consumer

advocate Ralph 32 Spanish title 35 Hardware store

purchase 37 Optometrist’s

valentine? 41 Yemeni port 42 Buys time 45 Packs in, as

coffee 49 Performer’s

routine

51 Nursery rhyme

vessel 52 Aesthetician’s

valentine? 56 Snoop

57 “Never would

have thought” 58 Vegas lights 60 Monopoly

payment 61 Baker’s

valentine? 66 Midrange voice

type

67 “The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse” writer 68 Spicy __ roll 69 Devious plan 70 Parking lot

mishap

71 Healthy piece

DOWN

1 “A Christmas Carol” cry

By Margi Stevenson & Katie Hale

2 Intense music

genre

3 Making a gift of 4 Misrepresent, as

data

5 Braided bread often filled with chocolate or cinnamon

6 Make aware 7 Swindle

8 “Just wait a __” 9 Tennis and golf

legend Gibson 10 Showed displeasure like a dragon

11 Burning

12 Pricey German

wheels, informally 15 “Inside the NBA”

analyst, familiarly 18 Thanksgiving

vegetable 22 Naturally bright 23 “Survivor” network 24 “__ we having

fun yet?”

26 Never ever 27 “Get out!”

29 Dairy farm sound 33 Events with a lot

of insult comedy 34 Put in

36 Allows

38 Two-time Emmy

winner Remini 39 Snooze 40 Generous pour 43 Gloss target 44 Wily

45 Sandal style 46 “Gosh darn it!” 47 Treating unkindly 48 Object in a game

of fetch 50 Connective tissue 53 Spanish “thing”

54 Well-groomed 55 Trifling sum 59 Crypto artworks,

for short 62 Nickname for Edward or Theodore

63 Not let go to

waste

64 “Go-To Dinners” cookbook writer Garten 65 Capture