DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Ointment amount 4 PIN point

7 Prone to micromanage, perhaps 12 Napping racer

of fable

13 “Vive le __!”

14 Gas brand with a

torch logo 15 Cleanliness is next to ... a minimalist approach?

17 More vast 18 Muppet who had a meltdown over a rock named Rocco 19 Going to hell in a ... damaged armored vehicle? 21 Nabisco wafer

cookies

23 Like some

receptions 24 Architect who designed air traffic control towers for the

FAA in the 1960s 25 Squalid

26 As much as 28 Angry

29 Make a typo, say 30 Genesis twin 32 Like an old

mattress, maybe 34 Don’t throw the baby out with the ... decorative Halloween ring? 36 Bart in the Pro Football Hall of Fame 38 Mongolian desert 39 Altar constellation 42 Arts and crafts bit 43 Not covered 45 Solitary sort 47 Urgent care ctrs. 48 MIT’S domain 49 Grammatical

gender

50 The only thing we have to fear is ... feeling better quickly?

54 Pad __ 55 Monteverdi work

By Winston

56 Famous ... weapon that would dissolve in water? 58 Some Redfin

transactions 59 Alter __

60 Ont. neighbor 61 L’oréal polish

brand

62 Icarus, to Daedalus 63 Muddy pen

DOWN

1 German auto

pioneer

2 “Baked the Right

Way” bread brand 3 Beseech

4 Turf

5 Throw 6 Out-of-bounds

golf shot, e.g. 7 Ribald

8 Skip over

9 Diner drink 10 Tourist’s diversion 11 Long-haired

terrier, familiarly 12 More sacred 15 Thick

16 Birth announce

ment abbr.

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20 Clean water

company

22 Per annum 26 Detroit labor org. 27 Rid (of) 28 Texter’s “How

disappointing” 31 Went boldly 33 Practical

34 Base 35 Proterozoic, e.g. 36 Colorful shawls 37 Mortarboard

attachments 39 Ramos of “In the

Heights”

40 Gain again 41 Secret alternative 42 One side of a

comparison ad 44 Signs of life 46 Dupe

48 Get rid of

49 Asset on a blockchain, for short

51 Starship Enter

prise counselor 52 Othello adviser 53 Entrepreneur

Musk

57 Texting letters