Today's crossword
ACROSS
1 Settle, as a debt 6 “Leaving the chat
for a sec”
9 Puerto __
13 Get out of bed 14 Bubble tea pearls 15 Wet dog
emanation 16 Give up vaping,
say
18 Amaze
19 Startled cry 20 Muscles worked
by crunches 21 Tries, with “at” 23 Low-cal beer
option
27 Justice Kagan 29 Greek Cupid 30 Kid-lit “Dr.”
31 As above, in
footnotes 32 Roaring-lion
studio
35 With 37-Across, title for the hidden individuals in 16-, 23-, 46-, and 58-Across, thanks to the circles in each answer?
37 See 35-Across 40 Surveillance org. 41 Chicago MLB
team
43 “You win” 44 Rib-eye request 45 “Thor: Ragnarok” actress Thompson
46 “Still Alice” Best Actress Oscar winner 52 Shorebird with a
curved bill 53 “Ugh”
54 Punk subgenre 57 Phone-silencing
button
58 Musical instrument also called a calliope 62 Down or dirty 63 Attention-getting
sound
64 Furious
65 Pert reply 66 Hoped-for
proposal answer 67 2023 installment in a Vin Diesel film franchise
DOWN
1 Tool for tidying a
golf bunker
2 Ohio border lake 3 Mood lifters 4 Inquire
5 “Oh, about __
high” 6 Gravity-powered
winter racer 7 Slugger’s stat 8 Product for a
scented soak 9 Martini & __
vermouth
10 Bone on a dog
collar, perhaps 11 Lozenge target 12 “... but perhaps
I’m mistaken” 14 Sweetie 17 Triumphant laugh 22 “Happy Days”
diner
24 App with Reels,
familiarly 25 Castle in Spain,
e.g.? 26 Sandwich treats 27 Corner PC key 28 Not fatty
31 Store, after
cremation 32 Distance runner 33 Plenty of nothing
34 Rumple, with “up” 36 “Your guess is as
good as mine” 38 Don Corleone 39 Word after Red
or before robin 42 See 59-Down 44 Issa of “The Hate
U Give”
46 Door frame parts 47 Soft palate
dangler 48 Floating flower
49 Slurpee-like
drinks
50 Polite title 51 Resistance unit 55 Small shop 56 Black gem in a
cameo
59 With 42-Down, “Stayin’ Alive” disco trio 60 Clumsy one 61 Genetic
messenger