Crossword
ACROSS
1 Rigatoni or ziti 6 Poker stake 10 Sandwich known by its initials 13 Odysseus’ journey, for example 14 Sulk
15 “Now I __ me down ... ” 16 Least wild 17 *Emulate Bonnie and Clyde 19 Birdbrains
20 Fab competitor 21 Fairy tale start 22 *Highly aware and ready to act 24 Does some programming 25 Airline to Israel 26 Dutch cheese town 28 Before now 31 Poe’s “Annabel __” 33 Threat-ending words 37 *Grasps an underlying meaning 41 Take for granted 42 Part of GPS: Abbr. 43 Carrot chomper’s “What’s up, __?” 44 Rice-A-__ 46 Goes kaput, as
an engine 49 University VIPs 52 *Kellogg’s cereal
morsel
57 D.C. helper 58 Nevada gambling mecca 59 Senseless endeavor 60 Persuasive efforts using insincere flattery ... and a hint to the last words of the answers to starred clues
62 Hairpiece 63 Pre-1991 map letters 64 Slender woodwind 65 Prom corsage 66 Wide shoe sizes
67 “OMG” or “TTYL” 68 Hawke of “Boyhood”
DOWN
1 Shrimp relative 2 Fess up 3 Simmer with anger
4 Fez feature 5 PC key used in
combinations 6 Month that may start with a gag 7 Noggin 8 You__: online video site 9 Zeta-theta link 10 Tasteless 11 Jousting weapon 12 Little ones 13 “The Simpsons” bus driver 18 Many a Gen Xer parent
20 Yarns
23 Whale’s food-filtering system
24 Check the ID of 27 Wears out 28 Here, in Havana 29 Oxygen, e.g. 30 NFL tiebreakers 32 Mars residents, in sci-fi
34 It may be flipped 35 Bay Area hub inits.
36 And so on, briefly 38 Teen’s witching hour
39 Med. care plans 40 Electric starter? 45 Fridge of yore 47 Serious attempt 48 Posture issue 49 So last year 50 Washer cycle 51 Air freshener targets 53 Initial stage 54 Top dog 55 Fashion’s Anne or Calvin 56 Looked over 58 Spa cover-up 61 Write quickly 62 Digital water tester?