Quick Crossword
Across 1 “Nope”
5 Pointers
9 City in northwest Missouri, informally
14 Kind
15 Words after count or sleep 16 Sports complex
17 *“Let me enjoy my guilty pleasures!”
19 Shouts
20 Website revenue source 21 Director Craven
23 Chemical in potent drain cleaners
24 Ankle-length skirt
26 PlayStation maker 28 Contributes
32 Ready to go trick-or-treating, say 36 Figure of speech
37 Ginger __
38 Love who co-hosted “The Real” 39 Pixar film about a jazz pianist 40 Dance club compilation, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are
42 Little cut
43 Idris of “The Wire”
44 “Insecure” star Issa
45 GPS suggestion
46 Elite athletes
48 Moderate gallop
49 Website with tutorials
50 Overly confident
52 JFK successor
54 Chicken __ king
56 “Suppose so”
61 Minestrone and chowder 63 *“Feelin’ fine!”
65 Allow to enter
66 Italian bubbly
67 Apollo project destination 68 Uses a keyboard
69 Sunbeams
70 Humble reply to a compliment
Down
1 Organic certifying gp.
2 Parka feature
3 Footed vases
4 URL intro
5 Bird on Froot Loops boxes 6 Handy list in the back of a book 7 Swine
8 Hearty bowlful
9 Gives permission
10 Three, in Italian 11 *Fruity treat often dusted with powdered sugar
12 “This is __ a test”
13 Loosen (up)
18 Foxx who voices the pianist in 39-Across
22 English county on the North Sea 25 11-Down eater’s dismayed cry 27 Country singer Willie
28 Gone fishing, say
29 Dryly humorous
30 *Move that captures two checkers
31 Frolic in the pool
33 “Always Be My Maybe” actress/ writer Wong
34 Bring together
35 Peter, the pickled-pepper picker 40 Feature of some Southern accents
41 Pickle container
45 Threw a tantrum
47 Browns lightly
48 Mayfield of R&B
51 A bit foggy
52 Future atty.’s exam
53 __ language (C) 2022 Tribune Media Services 55 Slightly open
57 Sleeveless top, for short 58 Pretzel shape
59 Stench
60 Pt. of a B’way address
62 __ chart
64 Mex. neighbor