daily crossword
ACROSS
1 Notebook memory devices 8 “The butler did it,” maybe 15 Tuna preparation 16 Revolutionary War mercenary 17 Getaway driver, e.g. 18 Sets right 19 Suitor 20 Sediment 21 War on Poverty org. 23 __ Chess: video game 24 Gains quickly, as weight 28 Opening track on Madonna’s album “I’m Breathless” 33 First name in folk 34 Book after Micah 36 Simba’s mate 37 Fruit cocktail ingredients 39 Little troublemaker 40 __ child 41 Symposium group 42 Children’s author Asquith 43 Raison __ 44 Attack 46 Aids to sure footing 47 Employee with a skimmer 51 Sputnik reporter 55 Target of blue sky laws 56 Egg holders 60 __ chamber 61 Item graphically depicted by this puzzle’s circles 62 Tennis legend 63 Bakeware item 65 David’s “X-Files” co-star 67 Sanitation service 68 Gym suit 69 Inducers of more groans than guffaws 70 Strengthens the spine of
DOWN
1 Educational gp. 2 Fleet on the street 3 J. follower 4 “__ girl!” 5 Pi and others 6 Lecture boringly 7 Sun. delivery 8 “Nurse Jackie” network, in TV listings 9 Fixed expense 10 Underworld deity 11 “Of course” 12 Duck tail? 13 Greasy spoon sign word 14 OR personnel 22 Studio caution 23 Gives a Dixie lickin’ 24 __ al pomodoro: Tuscan soup 25 Regions 26 Blood groups? 27 Former country on its own peninsula 29 Year abroad 30 Wide swimmer 31 Warn 32 Rhinoplasty concerns 35 Aetna offering 38 Omission, say 40 How casual thoughts are offered 45 Hitting up 46 Tylenol 3 component 48 Sumatran swingers 49 Curie workplace 50 Durum wheat cereal 51 AT&T, e.g. 52 “His nose ... is like __ of fire”: “Henry V” 53 Broken piece 54 Generous feature? 56 1972 missile pact 57 Like India and Pakistan 58 White option, briefly 59 FedExes 64 __ Maria 66 Bldg. where much research is done