DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 Light-ly armed fighter? 5 “Better Call Saul” network 8 Takes by force 14 Nerve impulse carrier
15 Bit of texting mirth 16 ThinkPad maker 17 Liveliness 19 “Grumpy” film guys
20 Really enjoyed, with “up”
21 Got 100 on 22 Iberian river 23 Jefferson Airplane song with the words “Go ask Alice”
27 To the degree that 30 “It’s __!”
31 Like the Piper 32 Wrapped up 33 Piece of land 36 “To boldly go,” e.g.
41 Boston winter hrs. 42 Words before a start date 43 Swedish retail
giant
44 Color from the
French for “mole” 46 Multiplex theater
count 49 Cat owner’s purchase 51 Deeply engrossed 52 Nest-building flier 53 Wordsmith’s ref. 56 Verdict challenge 59 Tabloid pair found in 17-, 23-, 36- and 49-Across 61 Throwing money around, in slang 62 __ urchin 63 Central 64 Chinese bamboo eaters 65 TV shopper’s option
66 Tom Stoppard creation
DOWN
1 Indonesian island 2 __ interview 3 Spoil, with “on” 4 Ship __ bottle 5 Keys of music 6 Church songs 7 Half a notorious crime duo 8 __-mo replay 9 Slender aquarium swimmer 10 Like many a college graduate 11 Resembling the walking dead 12 Tennis legend Chris
13 Prefix with gram 18 Cowardly Lion portrayer 23 Desert riverbed 24 Sitar master Shankar 25 Yemen’s main port
26 City on the Adriatic 27 Semicircular church area 28 Doesn’t guzzle 29 Sharpie, e.g. 32 On vacation 34 “Cupcake Wars” appliance 35 Drinks with scones 37 Opposite of slack 38 Game played with one’s “little eye” 39 Dramatist Coward 40 Level
45 Go to 46 Declares 47 Diagnostic pic 48 Loan default risk 49 Iota follower
50 “If only” 51 Rough file 53 Iridescent gem 54 “East of Eden” director Kazan 55 Say no to 57 MouthHealthy.org initials
58 Lille lily 60 Diamond authority