CROSSWORD
Across
1 4-Across holder 4 Chewing need 9 Comes (from) 14 Rock in a vein 15 Actress Berry of “X-men” films 16 Easy putt 17 *Where many hockey face-offs happen
19 Kind of acid in proteins 20 Journalist Couric 21 Spicy
23 Work with a needle
24 *Physical ability acquired via repetition
29 Ready to harvest 32 President after Grant
33 Oral health org. 34 Phoenix-toalbuquerque dir. 35 Malek of “Bohemian Rhapsody” 36 Amtrak express 38 Where one might learn etiquette ... or a hint to the answers to starred clues
42 Does’ mates 43 Mardi _ _ 44 Zip 45 Paris’ _ _ de la Cité 46 Peninsular Persian Gulf land 48 Depend (on) 49 *Contest won by the last fighter standing 52 Authentic ending? 53 Japanese veggie
54 Birthday process
58 River through Rome
60 *Comics Great Dane
64 Call to mind 65 Geometry basic
66 Cab cousin 67 H.S. health course
68 Old photo tint 69 British zoo opening?
Down
1 Athletic stereotype 2 Region
3 Left
4 Brexit target org.
5 Canal site 6 Inventor Whitney 7 Attention from Dr. Mom
8 Lighthearted laugh
9 Hawaii or Alaska 10 Flat hat
11 TV pilot, often 12 Lotion ingredient
13 __ owl
18 Word with capsule or clock 22 Mantra syllables 25 Former Iranian leader
26 Garment with spaghetti straps, for short 27 Deceiving
28 Speed ratio 29 Umps’ counterparts 30 Ambition 31 Hockey’s “sin bin,” formally 35 Blog feed letters 36 Rm. coolers 37 Friend
39 “Oh, now _ _ it!” 40 Ethically uncertain
41 Lee known for desserts 46 Proof-ending letters
47 Food court attractions 48 Audition (for) 49 Nibbles 50 Attracted 51 Animal name starting with a double letter 55 Fly sound
56 Tulsa native, e.g.
57 Tear
59 Just make, with “out” 61 Wood-splitting tool
62 Tear
63 “Little ol’ me?”