DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 *Ready to set sail, say 8 Diplomatic rep. 11 Machines with Windows, briefly 14 More tired
15 Foe of Chiang 16 Swing, jazz or rock ’n’ roll 17 *1950s sitcom costar
19 Early internet company 20 Investor’s purchase: Abbr. 21 Amazement 22 German cameras 24 Bashful 26 *Hester Prynne’s mark of shame 28 No-no 31 Continental coins 32 “Inside the NBA” analyst Shaq 33 Returning GI’s diagnosis 34 Capitol Hill helper 38 Musically monotonous 40 Collection of sacred songs 42 Geeky type 43 19-Across et al. 45 Lazy __: revolving tray 46 December mall figure 48 Foolish 49 *“Which side of the debate will you argue?”
52 June honoree 53 Really bothers 54 Fair-hiring inits. 56 Wood for bats 59 Home security co. 60 *Culpable one 64 Fairway position 65 Bruins legend 66 Answered 67 Title for Elton 68 Once called 69 Chess match climax, and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can have
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1 Hooting birds 2 Not masc. or fem. 3 Begin to parallel park, with “in” 4 “... __ quit!” 5 Feel crummy 6 Race with batons 7 Sketched 8 Org. with a Health Care Advocacy web page 9 Ducks whose males have green heads 10 Slow-tempo Spanish dance 11 Quiet partner
12 Zagreb native 13 Taco topper 18 Harass 23 “Casablanca” heroine 24 Stinkers 25 Prefix with gram 27 Zodiac borders 28 Bugs Bunny or Bullwinkle 29 Lestat creator Rice 30 Bar pint contents 33 Sauce with basil 35 “__ miracle!” 36 College faculty head
37 Shore bird
39 __ of iodine: antiseptic 41 China’s continent 44 Group of jurors 47 Ferdinand II’s realm 49 Rings, as a bell 50 Bike spokes, geometrically 51 Furry aquatic mammal 52 Elder statesman 55 To be, in Tours 56 Puccini piece 57 Pipe part 58 Stevenson’s villainous Mr. 61 Wrath 62 Scoreboard abbr. for a rainout 63 High school subj.