daily crossword
ACROSS
1 GM car buyer’s option 7 Make more powerful, with “up” 11 White lie 14 Illinois River city 15 “Gift From the Sea” author __ Morrow Lindbergh 16 Milk 17 Go back 18 Not quite closed
behind you 20 Foreman foe 21 She played TV’s
Maude 23 Food processor
job 24 Serengeti
scavenger 26 Try to hit 28 Turn to the right,
say? 30 Chess activity 34 Tailless cat 36 Poetry or
painting 37 Published in
installments 38 George’s lyrical
brother 39 Strangers’
exchanges 41 Important time
period 42 Protective
embankments 44 “So it was you!” 45 Work meas. 46 “Cat got your
tongue?” 47 East Lansing
athlete 49 Banded rock 51 Easy __ 54 Pub pick 57 Jan. honoree 59 Stain 60 Dancing style that went viral on YouTube in 2013 62 Mocha resident 64 Studio creation 65 Poet __ St.
Vincent Millay 66 Cooks slowly 67 Crown installer:
Abbr. 68 Poker request 69 Poker request, and a literal hint to what’s hidden in the answers to the starred clues
DOWN
1 Angel Network charity founder 2 Hockey Hall of Famer Cam 3 *Cold War fleet 4 Square root of nove 5 Auto safety device 6 Give a star, perhaps 7 See 61-Down 8 Like some bands 9 Out of shape 10 *Honey and Boo
Boo, e.g. 11 McIntosh
alternative 12 “This __
outrage!” 13 Baffin Bay sight 19 Matthew Fox or
Peter Coyote 22 Latin stars 25 Put the kibosh on 27 *Wings eaters’
aids 29 Dutch portraitist
Frans 31 *Austroasiatic
language 32 Countess’
husband 33 Big chunk 34 Wire units 35 House painter’s
calculation 37 Char 39 *Prepare for a
bath 40 Great divide 43 Peak in an Eastwood film 45 Scale fourths 47 Earth pigment 48 Tangle with 50 Say “prob’ly,”
say 52 African language
group 53 Like new bills 54 VA concern 55 Gobsmacked 56 Al Green’s “__
Stay Together” 58 Harp
constellation 61 With 7-Down, Hayworth title role, with “My” 63 Yoga __