CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Blue-green

5 Short form of a name that means “merciful”

9 Lass

13 Jessica of “Sin

City”

14 Eta follower

15 Shape the

narrative?

16 *Diner’s entitlement to savory flavor?

18 __ therapy

19 *Reason yellowfin tuna are wallflowers at a school prom?

21 “Easy-peasy”

24 In __ of

25 Contacts list no.

26 NHL great Bobby

27 Little dog

29 Michelin

product

31 Planner division

33 Q neighbor

35 Yapped like a

dog

36 *Pal who seconds whatever one says?

40 Lopsided

42 Cozy room

43 The Emerald Isle

46 Ill-fated

49 “Need I go on?”

abbr.

51 Sister

52 Pump part

53 Said, informally

55 Roamed freely

57 *Not-verystraight shooter?

60 Half-moon tide

61 Sound added to everyday speech, and what’s been added to create the answers to the starred clues 65 Intl. alliance joined by Finland in 2023

66 First-year law

students

67 Sunburn soother

68 Pub pours

69 Gift on “The

Bachelor”

70 Gripe

DOWN

1 __ cross 2 Bark beetle target

3 Old hoops gp.

4 Pulitzer-winning rapper Kendrick

5 Fashionable

6 Pad size

7 Of a particular culture

8 Country singer Kathy

9 Bigger than big

10 Naming 11 Heartfelt

12 Girded (oneself )

14 Ozzy Osbourne album in memory of Randy Rhoads

17 “Let’s put a smile on your plate” chain

20 Garment that preserves hair waves

21 This instant

22 Mine find

23 Communicating with pictograms, perhaps

28 Dog’s attentiongetter, maybe

30 Loyal

32 Scottish wedding

garb

34 eBay action

37 Nabe that might

have an H Mart

38 Get the picture 39 Main courses

40 Vehicle’s shark

fin, maybe

41 Uncomfortably

close to home

44 French street

45 Sew up

47 Request, as table

food

48 Los Angeles neighborhood near Reseda

50 Quarterback

Derek

54 Lore

56 Muslim honorific from which “nabob” is derived

58 Wall St. debuts

59 Fr. title for

9-Across

62 Flamenco shout

63 Sushi topper

64 __ Jam

Recordings