Quick Crossword

Across

1 Thumbs-down votes

5 “Save me a __!”

9 Laundry day challenge

14 Soil-turning farm machine

15 Approximation words

16 Supermodel Klum

17 Major annoyance

19 Dangerous household gas

20 Synagogue scroll

21 “Everything must go” event

23 ABC News anchor David

25 Amazement

26 Kiss __: PDA capturer at a stadium

29 Utter destruction

35 “Clueless” actress Donovan

37 Mailed holiday greeting

38 Lhasa __

39 Shower bar

40 Sudden raid

41 Nincompoop

42 “Alas, whatever shall I do?”

43 Thick slice

44 Ed of “Elf”

45 Train depot

48 WNW’s opposite

49 Language of Southeast Asia

50 Performing __

52 Slow-cooked meat at a luau

57 “We __ please”

60 Diplomatic agent

61 Wet-weather gear, and what this puzzle’s circled letters literally are?

64 Scrub with steel wool, say

65 On pins and needles

66 “Let’s go!”

67 Camp shelters

68 Rational

69 On an even __: steady

Down

1 Listener-supported broadcaster

2 “That’s __ to ask”

3 Toy that exercises the wrist

4 Bees on the move

5 “The Golden Girls” character born in Sicily

6 Chapter in history

7 “In your dreams!”

8 “Song of Solomon” novelist Morrison

9 Canny

10 Product promos with few details

11 Verdi opera set in ancient Egypt

12 Adored one

13 Highest sudoku digit

18 “Marriage Story” Oscar winner Dern

22 Country star Travis

24 Pioneer in canned soft drinks

26 Labor leader Chavez

27 Greeting at a luau

28 South Beach city

30 Gold unit

31 Saudi __

32 Winning by a very small margin

33 The Hebrides, e.g.

34 __ Dame: South Bend school

36 Explains in great detail

40 Photographer’s setting that affects depth

44 Bit of silliness

46 Mythical man-goats

47 Marmalade fruit

51 Garb for a finger-painting project, say

52 Take five

53 __ in a while

54 Stratford-upon-__

55 Some savings plans, briefly