DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Shoot for the stars 6 Group of musical notes 11 Buddy 14 Get off the couch 15 Part of a mechanic’s bill 16 Green prefix 17 *Menace to society 19 Pod veggie 20 Between Europe and America, say 21 Permeates 23 Three-letter sandwich 26 Belmont Stakes racer 28 J or D, for J.D. Salinger 29 Musical sense 30 w/o delay 31 Gator kin 32 Apple desktops 34 Fodder holder 36 Gael, for one 39 Wild (over) 40 *Command to an attack dog 41 Joint for a dummy 42 The Emerald Isle 43 Rodriguez of the Yankees 44 Starter for 007’s car? 45 First name in perfume 47 __ Bator 49 Conclusion 50 Actor Lugosi 51 Sudden gush 52 Dorm VIPs 53 Tropical plain 55 Spat 57 Needle aperture 58 Unemotional, and a hint to the hidden word in the answers to starred clues 63 Came in first 64 Pedro’s January 65 Brings in at harvest time 66 Pecan or almond 67 Short-straw picker 68 Win an Olympics prize
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1 Opening 2 Tulsa sch. with a Prayer Tower 3 Highchair user’s protector 4 Cuba, por ejemplo 5 Kimono-clad entertainers 6 Maker of Ultra acne treatments 7 Sci-fi pilot Solo 8 Having lots to lose 9 Quarterback Tony 10 Low-humidity environment 11 *Beverage-named Denver arena 12 Crush the midterm 13 Cash advance 18 Corp. heads 22 Criticizes 23 Latte-colored 24 Ex-NBA star Odom 25 *Many a news story, alas 27 *Add zest to 31 Cousin of org 33 Corn oil alternative 35 Foe in “Batman v Superman” 37 Hotelier Helmsley 38 Looks after 40 __ Paulo 44 Colony with tunnels 46 Call off 48 “Acoustic Soul” artist India.__ 50 Crawfish habitat 51 After-Christmas specials 53 Attached using thread 54 Texting while driving, e.g. 56 Release 59 Dr. of hip-hop 60 Smidgen 61 Pollutionmonitoringorg. 62 ISP alternative