DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Cut on a cutting

board

5 Decorative or

dental creation 10 Bestselling South

Korean band 13 Duration of a

massage, typically 14 Followed a doctor’s instruction 16 Creature in

fantasy stories 17 See 38-Down

18 As opposed to 19 Actress Long 20 Assessment 21 Highway or byway 22 Not banned 24 Flag holder 26 Dessert-shaping

aid

28 “Without

further __ ...”

30 “I just got it!” 32 Grains that aren’t part of a healthy diet

33 Inspire

fearlessness in 36 Spingarn Medal

org.

39 Part of a process 40 Bucatini or

capellini 42 Criticize

44 Studio Ghibli

specialty

46 Start to have an

effect

48 “¿Qué te __,

calabaza?”

50 Like the main characters in “Fire Island” 51 “Help!” letters 52 Cheap jewelry

material 56 Woman yelling at

a cat, for one 58 NCAA basketball

powerhouse 59 Basketball great

Leslie

61 LSD

64 GPS stat 65 Familiarized with 67 Earned

68 “Gr8 joke!” 69 Turn indicator, e.g.

70 Squander, as cash 71 Spanish title: Abbr.

72 __ dish: biologist’s container 73 Enemy’s opposite

DOWN

1 Talk a bit 2 Doughnut’s middle 3 Very vocal

4 Prefix with type 5 “Uh, yeah, it better be!” 6 Prefix with tech 7 Purple flower 8 Nike competitor 9 Talk a lot 10 Afro-cuban drum 11 Experiment 12 Heat to nearly boiling, as milk 15 Montana capital 23 Long punctuation mark 25 Experiment site 27 Native Hawaiians 28 Morning hrs. 29 Experiment results

31 __ carte menu 34 Emergency treatment for an allergic reaction 35 Setting not observed by Hawaii: Abbr. 37 “Phew!”

38 With 17-Across, Silicon Valley city

41 Word after price

or phone

43 Hosp. personnel 45 Name that means

“great” in Latin

47 Retina’s place 49 Claim 52 Propane and ethanol

53 Cast member 54 Australian marsupial

55 “__ Cha Know?”: Erykah Badu song

57 Fast snake 60 __ of David 62 Big celebrity 63 Description for hydrated skin 66 Quick drink

By Erik Agard