DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 More certain 6 Gp. with moms, dads and educators 9 “Thereabouts” suffix 12 “Men” or “teeth,” grammatically 14 One of Ringo’s set 15 __ kwondo 16 Absurd, as a scheme 17 Autodialed annoyance, often at dinnertime 19 Prof’s aides 20 System of rules 22 Protection for political refugees 23 German I 25 Philosophies: Suff. 27 Picky details 28 Computer event with a “blue screen of death” 30 Penultimate Greek letter 31 Big Pharma watchdog: Abbr. 32 Suggest 34 Encroach (on) 38 Musical knack 39 Naughty 41 Black or Red waters 42 Downpour concern 44 Bills with Franklin on them 46 Good times 47 Japanese vegetable 49 Infatuated with, with “about” 50 “__ Land”: 2016 Best Picture? Not! 52 Elite English boarding school 53 Deadly “2001” computer 54 “Brideshead Revisited” novelist Waugh 56 Laundry 58 Wall St. takeover 61 Exacts revenge 63 Punctuation that Brits call a full stop 65 Guggenheim display 66 Johns, to Brits 67 “__ can play!”: “It’s easy!” 68 Caustic chemical 69 Bowler’s target 70 Emails

DOWN

1 Barbecue rod 2 Arm bone 3 *Deadly “game” in “The Deer Hunter” 4 Big Band __ 5 *Ones helping with the horses 6 Expert 7 Low-pitched brass instruments 8 Cookiedom’s Famous __ 9 *Stallone nickname, with “the” 10 Henri’s “Hi” 11 Pilothouse wheels 13 Lion constellation 14 Severe reprimands, and a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues 18 Singer Lauper 21 Slight market slide 24 St. Louis hrs. 26 Short skirt 28 Kitchen master 29 Iranian currency 31 *Trio after turtle doves 33 Paris pronoun 35 TV watchdog 36 “Wow!” 37 “No sweat” 40 Letter-shaped fastener 43 October gemstones 45 Italian hour 48 “We’re __ schedule here!” 50 Permitted by law 51 Bugs Bunny animator Tex 52 Ballade’s last stanza 55 Website with business reviews 57 Rejuvenation site 59 “__, James __” 60 Poems of praise 62 Many millennia 64 Deli bread

By Freddie Cheng © 2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC.