DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Humble home 4 Guest speaker’s

platform

8 One of Santa’s

reindeer

14 Sense of self 15 Labor agcy. 16 Protect in glass,

say

17 *Capital letter

creator 19 Legendary Kentucky basketball coach Rupp

20 __ Angeles Guitar

Quartet

21 “Now I get it!” 23 Ma’s ma 24 Bygone Russian

space station 25 *Group that plays

in foursomes 28 Danced to “La

cumparsita,” say 30 Chip’s partner 31 Bullion bars 32 Raison d’__ 33 Singer Sumac 36 *Say something that doesn’t need to be said 39 Head cover 40 Peek

41 Duration

42 Bravo preceder 43 Able to feel 44 *Classic Motown hit about a wedding ring 48 Covert __

49 “This seems bad!” 50 NBA legend Ming 51 “It’s __-win

situation” 52 Walks leisurely 55 Playground fixture, or an apt description of the beginnings of the starred clues 59 Christie sleuth

Hercule 60 Panache

61 Corn serving 62 Burnout cause 63 “Auld Lang __” 64 Oinker’s pen

DOWN

1 Steers and rams 2 Cry of disgust 3 Working hard on 4 Morse Code components

5 All one has to do, sometimes 6 “Rumor has it ... “7 Be friendly, in a way 8 Narc’s org.

9 Plus 10 Wall-mounted light

11 Prepared in accordance with Muslim law 12 College sports channel 13 Post-injury regimen 18 Had a memory

lapse 22 Supplement

24 __ ray: tropical

swimmer

25 Most well-to-do 26 Difficult to

understand 27 Vegas natural 28 Mrs. Addams, to

Gomez

29 Verdi opera with Desdemona and Iago

32 “A mouse!” 33 Asanas

34 Mixed breeds 35 Tennis legend

Arthur 37 Composer

Carmichael 38 Joyous way to

break out

42 Cling (to)

43 __ but surely 44 Speed deterrents 45 Give __: care 46 Polite denial 47 Fertile desert spots 51 “The Accidental Tourist” novelist Tyler

53 Some “Rocky”

dialogue

54 GPS lines

56 Actor McKellen 57 “Mangia!”

58 Give it a go