DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Karate match exchanges
5 Exams for coll. credit
8 Hydro __: bottle brand
13 Perfect copy
14 __-portrait
16 Otherworldly
17 Wee
18 “Quite so”
19 Without exception
20 *Research on the ampersand?
23 Brief “If you ask me (and even if you didn’t)”
24 Current
25 Rapper Lil __ X
28 Wan
31 *Ambien, for one?
34 Brazilian city
35 Otherwise
37 World Heritage Site org.
38 School units
40 Chest of drawers
41 Valiant
42 Sound like a pig
43 Press coverage
44 *Folds?
46 Must-haves
48 Shares again, on Twitter
49 Energy Star certifying org.
50 Tammy Duckworth’s title, briefly
51 “Oh, admit defeat already!,” and advice that was followed to form the answers to the starred clues
57 Shoyu __: noodle dish
60 Fallon’s predecessor
61 Tire swing holder
62 Peabody, e.g.
63 Shoots the breeze 64 Continent with 11 time zones
65 Insurance spokeslizard
66 Root word?
67 “To Kill a Mockingbird” star
DOWN
1 Pre-release software version
2 Asgard god
3 Leaf blower
4 Buffalo
5 Intro to physics?
6 Fringe benefit
7 Frozen drink
8 Nurture
9 “Schitt’s Creek” cocreator
10 “__ we done here?”
11 Lancelot or Mix-a-Lot
12 Vital
15 Really stinky
21 Unrealistically common affliction in soap operas
22 Positive shift
25 Scottish monster, affectionately
26 Rise
27 Baby birds?
28 Sagittarius symbol
29 Mum
30 Stockpiles
31 Beast of burden in many fables
32 Support for a proposal?
33 Hi-__ graphics
36 Tres __ cake: dairy-soaked dessert
39 Sea plea, briefly
40 Took care of
42 Really hot
45 In a fitting way
47 Set up
50 Smidge
51 Weightlifting move
52 Reverse
53 “Eso Beso” singer
54 Sprinkler attachment
55 “Awesome, dude!”
56 Pipe problem
57 Tattered cloth
58 Blow away
59 Big name in laptops and lipstick