DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Attempts, with “at” 7 Apple on a desk 11 Endorses 14 Refrigerator, once

15 Wax Ready-strips maker

16 By way of 17 Iron or lead 20 Annoying noise 21 Unclean 22 Home of the WNBA’S Los Angeles Sparks 27 Eight, in Ecuador 29 Nowhere near appropriate 30 Dental care brand

32 “The Constant Gardener” Oscar winner Rachel 33 Public transit option

36 With 38-Across, unpublicized skill found in each set of circles

38 See 36-Across 40 Pigs’ digs 41 Lavished affection (on) 45 Justice Sotomayor 46 Early IHOPS, structurally 48 Mesa or Boulder 49 Flat-topped South African landmark 53 Contact info item 54 Form 1099 org. 55 Giving 110%, say 63 Cal. neighbor 64 Greek liqueur 65 __ de Rossi of “Arrested Development” 66 Stark in “Game of Thrones” 67 __ Virginia 68 Faux

DOWN

1 That guy 2 Perfect service 3 “Quiet on the __!”

4 Lawyer’s org. 5 Meir of Israel 6 Yellow primroses 7 Company abbr. 8 Astronaut Jemison

9 Be unwell 10 Dining room pieces with cupboards 11 Not at all subtle 12 Kunta in “Roots” 13 Mythical man-goat 18 Like a bicycle climbing a hill 19 Vase-making dynasty

22 Not on the level 23 Tattled 24 Lamb’s mom 25 __ Lanka

26 “An arm and a leg” is a high one 27 Sounds of awe 28 Lit __ 31 Strange one made by politics? 33 Porto-novo’s land 34 Condo, e.g. 35 Remain

37 Standard 39 Points in math class 42 Eastern “way” 43 Bird in Liberty Mutual ads 44 Acid-washed jeans fabric 46 Actress Shawkat of “Arrested Development” 47 Zebra feature 49 Wyoming’s __ Range 50 Love, in Sicily

51 With __ breath: tensely anticipatory 52 Fur tycoon for whom a northwest Oregon city was named 56 Billiards stick 57 Quarter-lb. quarters 58 One-liner 59 __ America Pageant

60 GPS prediction 61 Little point to pick 62 Toon devil

By Rebecca Goldstein © 2021 Tribune Content Agency, LLC.