Quick Crossword

Across

1 Is sporting

6 Bobby who lost to Billie Jean King in tennis’ “Battle of the Sexes”

11 Place to unwind 14 Grenoble’s river

15 Sign up, in Sussex 16 Reliever’s asset

17 “ABC” group, with “The” 19 USN clerk

20 Hot state

21 Heat unit

22 Ruhr Valley city

24 Art class subject 26 Part-plant DC Comics superhero

28 Compulsive thief, for short 30 Thoughts spoken onstage 31 Prefix with comic

32 “Not for me”

35 Left on a liner

36 Pioneer’s wagon with an upward-curved floor 39 Popular side

42 Sore

43 Makeshift knives

47 More minute

49 Without a musical key 50 Weight loss guru

54 New Haven Ivy

55 Stream of insults, say

56 “It’s __ to you”

58 Given a meal

59 Printemps month

60 Skirt, as an issue ... or a hint

to the puzzle’s circles 63 Outer: Prefix

64 Slices in a pie, often

65 Gold unit

66 Blue shade

67 Designer fragrance 68 Prepared for a TV interview

Down

1 Mischief

2 Ordinarily

3 Any of 11 1860s states 4 Sitcom planet 5 Outdoor home

6 Agree to more issues 7 Start to structure

8 Big name in fairy tales 9 Federal URL ending

10 Makes things slippery, in a

way

11 Closes the marital deal 12 Peacock, e.g.

13 Surrounded by

18 Extremely

23 Shout from the main mast 25 Momentous victories

27 Part of UTEP

29 Excessively

32 Bench press target, for short 33 Bat wood

34 Metaphor for a mess 37 “Breaking Bad” agent 38 Prime meridian std.

39 Place near the Pennsylvania

Railroad

40 Relax

41 Retirement income source 44 Down

45 Chemical bonding number 46 Tobogganed 48 Ophthalmologist, for short 49 Lago filler 51 Wound up costing

52 Highway through Whitehorse 53 __-France

57 Senior’s highlight

61 Comic strip cry

62 Non opposite