DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Spanish tennis great Nadal, familiarly
5 Upgrade, as machinery
10 Uncertain
14 Cabbage buy
15 Glazer of “The Afterparty”
16 Skating commentator Lipinski
17 Analogy words
18 Bridal path flower piece
19 Stash, as gear
20 Japanese drama
21 Cookbook contents
23 Author Rand
24 Genre for composer Terence Blanchard
26 Informal “You’re oversharing”
27 Caramel candies
29 Like some dangerous isotopes
32 Curry of the NBA
34 Bike part 35 Quintet for most starfish
38 Prefix for a lifesaving “Pen”
39 Not so big
41 Knock
42 Try to hit
44 Tell it like it isn’t
45 Speed skater Ohno
47 Act parts 49 Past the point of caring
50 Michelle of “Crazy Rich Asians”
52 Neighborhood
53 *Secretive email option
60 Uncommon
61 Assertion
62 Cookie used as a 12-Down topping
63 Admit frankly
64 Omit in speech
65 Spreadsheet unit
66 Soaks up the sun
67 Calf-roping event
68 Diet that’s high in fats and low in carbs, as illustrated by parts of the answers to the starred clues
DOWN
1 Safari herbivore
2 Fabulous writer?
3 *Figure often depicted with a scythe and an hourglass
4 Hubbub
5 Ready for picking
6 __ college
7 *Pakistani-born chef who was posthumously honored with a James Beard Award
8 Up the creek
9 Story
10 Part of FWIW 11 *Serious software problem
12 Dessert from 16 Handles, familiarly
13 Signs of boredom
21 “Wicked!”
22 __ Lanka
25 Sidelines cheer
28 Fertility lab cells
30 Maker of the Deep Blue chess computer
31 Workout top
32 Bodies of water
33 __ fail
36 Timbuktu’s land
37 Predicament
39 Fine horse
40 Black bird
43 “What’s the latest?”
46 NBC symbol
48 Abby Wambach’s sport
49 Juliet’s cry
51 Winnie-the-Pooh greeting
52 Tolerate
53 Sassy kid
54 Chocolate __ cake
55 Waffle maker
56 “Kills bugs dead!” spray
57 Hockey Hall of Famer Willie
58 Hit, as with snowballs
59 “Seize the day”
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