DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 “Same here” 6 Chesapeake Bay crustacean 10 Lavish party 14 Stand-up performer 15 Top-quality 16 Iraq’s eastern neighbor 17 Muscat native 18 Grazing grounds 20 *Clickable device with a light sensor 22 __ Beta Kappa 23 Chemical in oven cleaners 24 “How unfortunate” 28 “Comprende?” 29 Lavish party 31 “Wheels down” stat, for short 32 Confined, with “up”
35 *One who’s easily frightened 38 Merit badge earner 40 Tolkien monster 41 Bizarre 42 *Simple riding toy 45 Clearance rack caveat
46 Craft brewer’s brew 47 Snail-paced 48 R&B’s Boyz II __ 50 Bruce of the “Die Hard” films 52 Auction offer
53 Director’s shout 56 Anti-cruelty movement, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have 60 Citrus drink
63 Big name in water filters 64 Bookish sort 65 GPS suggestions 66 Prying tool
67 “To a ... “poems 68 Cravings 69 Decorative jugs DOWN 1 Ice cream serving 2 Get-up-and-go 3 Violin master who taught Stradivari 4 __ Cooper: small car made by BMW 5 Spiky winter hanger 6 Kid-lit writer/ illustrator Eric 7 Knock about 8 __ Domini 9 Enchant 10 Contents of a backup drive 11 Chapter in history 12 Light brown color 13 See 51-Down 19 Chihuahua or Sonora, por ejemplo 21 “The __ have it”: “Motion carries”
25 Religious splinter groups 26 Video game pioneer
27 Goes out with 28 Bang, as one’s toe 29 Actor Shandling 30 Curved sections 32 “Oh, nonsense!” 33 Bacteria that may trigger a food recall 34 Prestigious prize with six categories 36 Downton Abbey’s Mrs. Patmore, for one 37 Chinese currency 39 Skill measured in wpm 43 Stockings 44 Mideast leader 49 Safe to consume 51 With 13-Down, clothing retailer that began as a mail-order yachting supply company 52 “God __ America” 53 Onion kin
54 Say out loud 55 Bygone Russian rulers
57 Life partner 58 Yemen coastal city 59 Increased in size 60 Peace activist Yoko 61 Crimson
62 “__ you sure?”