DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Pea sheller’s discard
4 Infatuate
9 Stands up to
14 “To say they __ I dare not be so bold”: Shakespeare
15 Notable time period
16 Chew noisily
17 *Native American ritual
19 Bit part
20 Drinks with steep prices?
21 Most populous NATO country
23 Major-leaguer
24 Longish skirt
25 *Cut from the short loin
29 Light baked dish
31 With resolve
32 Econ. measure
33 Peignoir trim
35 Secondhand
36 *Finish loads of work?
39 W/o delay
41 Brain section
42 Lack of continuity
45 Starts to come out
of one’s shell 48 Vacation spots
50 *Rust-Oleum
product 52 Restraining order
53 Cleveland NBAer 54 Org. that accepts returns
55 Opera set in Egypt that debuted in Cairo
56 Come to light
59 Evasive maneuvering, and what can literally be found in the answers to the starred clues
63 Take it easy
64 Laura Linney
Netflix series
65 Feasted on
66 Caught some z’s
67 Old TV parts
68 __ of averages
DOWN
1 “As __ my last email ... “
2 Formal discourse
3 Shriveled
4 Some twins
5 AQI monitor
6 Sir Carter, to Beyoncé
7 Happen
8 Project that must be defended
9 Net-neutrality regulatory org.
10 Cry with a finger snap
11 Vie
12 “Promising Young Woman” writer/ director Fennell
13 Eerie
18 Innocent
22 Well-chosen
24 Sprinkle that adds umami, for short
25 Louver part
26 __ support
27 Makes soaking wet
28 Derriere
30 Potter character
34 Slithery fish 36 Gillian’s role on “The X-Files”
37 Shabby
38 Provide job support?
39 Clothes
40 Overly submissive
42 Not done all at once
43 Donald Glover series set in the South
44 L.A. winter hrs.
45 Awards for Hunt and Hunter
46 Global news agcy.
47 Polly-syllabic pet?
49 One of Pittsburgh’s three rivers
51 Automaker named for a Japanese river
55 Sacred chests
57 Drain
58 Office contact no.
60 Arrest
61 “__ you quite through?”
62 Drops on the grass