DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 French “Thank

you”

6 Political alliance 10 Strongbox 14 Starters

15 New York school named after a Scottish isle 16 “Grand slam”

awards acronym 17 African herbivore 18 “Double Indemnity” genre 19 Filmmaker

Ephron 20 Shoplifting? 23 Huffy mood 24 Pacific

Northwest st. 25 “Lady Bird” Oscar nominee Metcalf

29 Insider trading? 32 Male with horns 35 Road goo 36 Cushioned seat 37 La madre

de su prima 38 Family docs 41 Food with

altered DNA 43 Martin’s “The

West Wing” role 44 Lobby group for

seniors

46 Big primate 48 Erodes

50 Money laundering? 54 Depress

55 Group of whales 56 Greeting Down

Under

60 “I did nothing wrong!,” or an apt title for this puzzle? 63 Essential nutrient for the immune system

66 Pulled strings? 67 Bushy-tailed

canines

68 Field

69 Aware of 70 Singer Patsy 71 Dollop

72 Blast from the __ 73 Snow vehicles

DOWN

1 Gas station shops 2 “__ Frome”: Edith

Wharton novel 3 Hands-on healing

practice

4 “Do my eyes

deceive me?” 5 “My time to

shine!”

6 Using only ones

and zeros

7 Least strict

8 “Put a lid __!” 9 Deterrent in a

parking garage 10 Parodies

11 Before now

12 Pro

13 “Wheels down”

stat, for short 21 Jupiter or Mars 22 Suede property 26 Spanish wine

region

27 Deduce 28 “Zounds!”

30 __ chart: corporate diagram 31 Move one’s tail 32 Males with

antlers

33 Jeweled accessory

34 Like cornstalks? 39 Spot for fast cash 40 Mud wrap venue 42 Possess 45 Human-powered taxi 47 Competitive video gaming 49 Appetizer served with duck sauce 51 Brooklyn NBA player 52 Family-style Asian dish

53 Journalist Tarbell

57 Carter of “Designing Women” 58 Modify 59 Agreements 61 Mama’s mama 62 Ozone-destroying chemicals: Abbr. 63 Zig counterpart 64 Not online, online

65 Prefix for classical and gothic

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