The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Chinese sauce
additive 4 Olympic swimming star Ledecky
9 L.L. Bean competitor 14 Listening organ 15 Stereotypical Pi
Day celebrants 16 “Drab” color 17 Handel’s
“Messiah” et al. 19 Creepy film motel 20 *Fruity adult
beverage
22 Put in the mail 23 Cowboys QB
Prescott 24 Well-worn pencils 26 “Keystone”
police 28 *Black-spotted
orange flower 33 Prefix with center
34 __ Valley: Reagan Library site 35 Strand at a ski
lodge, say 37 Pitcher’s stat 38 *Toy pistols used
on stage
41 Prefix with natal 42 Asian food
breadcrumbs 44 Novelist Leon 45 They, to Thierry 46 *Toy car brand 49 Artist Warhol 50 “The Good
Earth” mother 51 Some SAT takers 52 Olympian bigwig 55 Canoeing challenge whose first word can precede the start and whose second word can precede the end of the answers to starred clues 61 Safe places? 63 Talus
64 Orange Muppet 65 Not tight enough 66 ER VIPs 67 Cockamamie 68 Beginning 69 Automated spam creator
DOWN
1 Cat’s cry
2 Indian cover-up 3 Concert keyboard
4 Rap on the door 5 Sleek, in car talk 6 75% of a quartet 7 Pop star 8 Ancient mystic 9 Position at work 10 Enduring work 11 Baptism or bris 12 Like Olympic years, numerically 13 “Wild” 1800s region
18 Oolong and pekoe
21 1921 play that introduced the word “robot” 25 Euphoria
26 Stay fresh in the fridge
27 Celeb with her “OWN” network 28 Andalusian aunt 29 Little rascal 30 Lively baroque
dance
31 Red Square
shrine
32 Give in 34 Grouchy look 36 Prone to prying 39 Often-bookmarked address, briefly 40 Grafton’s
“__ for Noose” 43 “80’s Ladies”
country singer 47 “Yee-__!” 48 Surround, as with
a saintly glow 49 Graceful steed 51 “Ni-i-ice!”
52 Cube root of acht 53 Merit
54 Forearm bone 56 Part of, plotwise 57 Boxing ref’s calls 58 “Anything __?” 59 Opposite of exo60 “Don’t play” music
staff symbol 62 Date regularly