DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “Handle __ care” 5 Burns with hot liquid 11 Ex-Florida governor Bush 14 “__ Ben Adhem” 15 Reacts facially to a bad joke, say 16 Chopping tool 17 What snowbirds seek in winter 19 “Mamma __!” 20 Mecca’s peninsula 21 Heat in a microwave 22 Indy service areas 23 “Do __ others ...” 25 Most doubtful 27 Ready-to-send correspondence 31 Network with regular pledge drives 32 D-Day French city 33 Steak orders 37 Calm under pressure 39 Since Jan. 1, in accounting 41 Folksy account 42 “Bewitched” witch 45 Buster Brown’s dog 48 Jamaican music genre 49 Liqueur holder 52 Last word of a verbally cited passage 55 “Doctor Zhivago” heroine 56 Potpie veggies 57 Hydroelectric facility 59 Quik maker 63 Dad, to grandpa 64 Ideal party thrower described by the first words of 17-, 27- and 49-Across 66 Cutoff point 67 C to C, in music 68 Richard of “A Summer Place” 69 Org. with a PreCheck Program 70 Sets free 71 Facts and figures
DOWN
1 Electric guitar effect 2 Letter-shaped beam 3 __ Bora: Afghan region 4 Scrooge’s “Nonsense!” 5 Worry about something, slangily 6 Cloak-and-dagger org. 7 Animated bug film 8 Bar mitzvah toast 9 What fries are fried in 10 Ukr. or Lith., once 11 Actor Foxx 12 Freeway off-ramps 13 Savage sort 18 Tipplers 22 Cockpit figure 24 “I’m __ human” 26 Little lie 27 First fairy tale word 28 Second fairy tale word 29 Trampled (on) 30 ’80s-90s crime boss John 34 Mission Control org. 35 Benevolent fraternal group 36 Salty expanses 38 Center of power 40 Bygone phone feature 43 Pal of Piglet 44 Radio City Music Hall design style 46 Cursory looks 47 Long-legged wader 50 “... near and __ my heart” 51 Assailed verbally, with “out” 52 Surprise win 53 Bright signs 54 Press conference format, briefly 58 Degs. for choreographers 60 Old Roman robe 61 Future D.A.’s exam 62 Sicilian volcano 64 D.C. big shot 65 Morn’s counterpart