DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
Former Yankee slugger, familiarly Barrel of laughs “Joy of Cooking” writer Rombauer Take away Skeleton prefix Is sorry about *Chilled caffeinated drink
19 __-lock brakes 20 Pt. of HDTV
21 __ facto 22 “Moby-Dick” ship 24 Slim woodwind 26 Not well
27 “Star Wars” pilot
Dameron
28 *Cold War barrier 32 Blueprints 33 Orderly
34 Comply with 38 Frying liquids 39 Holy book 40 Small valley 41 Ward on “FBI” 42 Brazilian berry 43 Medicinal units 44 *Close-knit,
influential group 47 Legal org. 50 Lummox
51 Peters out 52 Tearjerker featuring Anna Chlumsky in her feature-film debut 54 Ceramics oven 56 “__ the season ...” 59 Radar screen spot 60 *English name of a West African republic
63 Refrain syllables 64 Majorino of
“Veronica Mars” 65 Cosmetician
Lauder 66 Meadow moms 67 Affirmative votes 68 Pass (through)
slowly 1
5 9
13 15 16 17
DOWN
1 In the thick of 2 Risotto grain 3 8 10 23 28 30
Part of the Three Musketeers’ credo Lemon
NFL officials
The 411
“__ of Girls’ Things”: poem by Sharon Olds
Metal tab that protects a shoe Baghdad’s country Accumulate, as charges
“Same here!”
“All kidding __ ...” Descendants
Oil cartel acronym “Riverdale” actor Goree
Tiny potted tree Slanted, as a typeface
1970s tennis star Nastase Worldwide humanitarian gp. Concretereinforcing rod “Sorry, can’t help ya” 32 36 37 39 43 45 46 47 48
Spots to buy stamps: Abbr. Mid-American Conference university in Indiana
Actress Fanning “Of course!” Triteness
Royal son
Fin. neighbor In a lazy way Saunter
Internal regulation for a club 49 53 57 58 61 62
Nimble
Hoppy brews, briefly
Beer company based in Hawaii Some nest eggs, for short
Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues Dance move “C’est la __!”
CIA predecessor