DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
Mike and __: fruitflavored candy Spanish small plates
Bungling Supervillain Luthor
On one’s toes Fourth prime number Fish-throwing Muppet __ Zealand Wall Street fluctuation Sambuca flavor Spanish grandmother Unpaved side of the road
Patella place Common first section of a menu, familiarly 29 Food Network
host Garten 32 Jeans accent 34 Architect’s
creation
37 Take a different route, and a hint to the circled letters 41 Grumble over 42 Swamp reptile,
for short
43 “lol oops” 44 Exceedingly 45 Mountain
climber’s goal 49 Boundary of a
black hole
53 See where one’s
coming from 55 Like a couch
potato
56 Overly cute
“So cute!” 60 Business VIP 61 Country singer
Gill or writer/ producer Gilligan 62 Deceitfulness 63 Meat in a Dr.
Seuss title 64 Shutter strips 65 Les __-Unis 66 Player coming off the bench, for short 1 4
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“Let me find out” Passionate about Post-divorce party Brings under control
Styled after
“As __ our agreement” Noah’s boat Fantastic deals Debate topic
More contemporary Like a supervillain Former MLB catcher Tony in the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame
“Star Trek” series, for short Not yet scheduled: Abbr. Fondue fuel
Safe space Persuasive column High-strung Sundial three Private aid gp. “I Hope You Dance” singer Lee __ Womack 33
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Tennis player Swiatek
Half a droid name Prefix with system
Use a colander “Ghosts” network Yonder lass Minnesota senator
Klobuchar
Poison ivy reaction High-strung Prague residents “The Island of
Doctor __”: H.G. Wells novel
Bury
Put in power Bouquet holders Pilot’s update, briefly
Reacts to yeast Bubble and churn One of four active volcanoes in Italy 56 Den sets
57 Not trendy 58 Fjord kin 59 Simple sammie 48 49 50 51
52 53 54 have maximum values for your bidding and some key honors. To persist with 3NT might work. I would prefer to bid four or five clubs.