CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Tibetan monks

6 Game with drivers

and carts

10 __ of gold

13 Eggy brunch

choice

15 Slender

woodwind

16 Flightless bird of

Australia

17 *Take a chance

19 Photographer

Goldin

20 Squirrel’s discard

21 Pancakes often served with smoked salmon

23 Archaic “once”

24 *Minnesota

medical center

27 Blessing ender

29 “Oh, now I see”

30 Mother-of-pearl

33 GI show gp.

34 Quacking bird

37 Slice of history

38 *Mug for the

cameras

42 Language of

Southeast Asia

43 Off-white shade

45 Pollen gatherer

46 Arcade pioneer

48 Hole in a tub

50 Covert ops outfit,

for short

52 *Vatican security

detail

55 “Hey, you!”

59 Sun porch

60 Float in the air

62 So last month

63 Spot to assemble the first parts of the answers to the starred clues

66 Laudatory poem

67 Area behind an

altar

68 Hears (of) 69 Chicken __: itchy malady

70 Class ring number 71 Wager

DOWN

1 “SNL” producer Michaels

2 French love

3 Gets soupy, as ice cream

4 Elite athlete

5 Late-night host Meyers

6 Divine

7 __-Wan Kenobi

8 Opp. of express

9 Without oomph

10 Landform that juts into the water

11 Resident of a Middle Eastern sultanate

12 Loose-fitting top 14 Unifying feature of many crosswords

18 Splashy style

22 Fibbed

25 Hops-drying oven

in a brewery

26 “Mon petit

__”: French endearment

28 “It’s okay, I guess”

30 Jill Biden, __

Jacobs

31 Rainbow shape

32 Analog catalog in

British libraries

33 One-eighty

35 Indy 500 racer

36 Colorful pond fish

39 “You’re making __

mistake!”

40 Feature of many restaurant websites

41 Actress Grier

44 __ Minor:

constellation

47 “Let’s see you do

better!”

49 “To quote

myself ... ”

50 Team on a film

set

51 Ibuprofen

brand

52 Sailing vessel

53 Picture book character lost in a crowd

54 Birch family tree

56 Brand of

hummus

57 Smelled a lot

58 To the point

61 Puts frosting on

64 Imitate

65 Super-secret

intel org.