Today's crossword

1 Beach blanket 5 __ Men: one-hit junkanoo band of 2000

9 Member of a

dazzle

14 “Van Helsing” role 15 Smart __ 16 Location of the Karnak Temple Complex

17 Have empathy 18 Pepa or pepper

partner

19 “Buona __” 20 Phrase on a shamrock-green T-shirt

23 “Almost ready” 24 Sleeping soundly 25 Hermey of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” for one 28 Comedian who wrote “Cracking Up” and “I Know I Am, but What Are You?” 32 Hodgepodge 35 Hoity-toity type 36 Euler’s field 37 Vital organ

elements 39 Sound quality 40 “Long story

short ... ” 42 Motocross need 44 Cozy aesthetic 46 Goof

47 Camel kin 48 Some event

notices

53 “Stop misquoting

me!”

57 Treadmill options 59 Throaty sound 60 Cornstarch brand 61 Rice brews 62 “American Chopper” argument, e.g. 63 Diminutive of

Dolores 64 Aromatic herb 65 Robed dignitary 66 Chuck 1 Travis Scott’s

“__ Mode”

2 Once more

3 Like Freya and

Hel

4 Word with down

or up

5 One of two near

Everest

6 Jai __

7 Tiller

8 Lara Croft, for one 9 High points 10 Super followers? 11 Without any

variation

12 Sch. assignment 13 Made a fast stop 21 Breathable fabric 22 Groove 26 Currency in West

Africa

27 Swanky gala 29 Handle for a

née-sayer 30 Savory jelly 31 Start to freeze? 32 Large estate 33 “Too much to get

into” 34 Close

36 Game for

owls

38 Cord cutter,

perhaps

41 “Blue Nude”

painter

43 Large group 45 Josh who plays Shakespeare on “History of the World, Part II” 49 Winner of four FIFA World Cups 50 Paroxysm

51 Old quarter back 52 Mink kin 54 Judge 55 Creature feature

with giant ants 56 Quasi

57 Wash. setting 58 “That’s the spot”