The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Opera solos 6 Afrobeat pioneer
Fela __
10 Atlas pages 14 Birdcage feature 15 Part of, as a plan 16 __ vera
17 Creamy dip for
French fries 18 Attractive person
with gray hair 20 Anderson
Cooper’s channel 21 Female sib
23 Like some
restrictions
24 Pea soup flavorer 26 Hit the slopes 27 Genesis twin 28 Many a Farsi
speaker
31 Singer Simone 35 Hep “Gotcha” 37 Scripture-related 39 Perform a simple
operation?
41 Safe to drink 43 Org. that ensures
water is 41-Across 44 No-win situations? 46 Medical checkup 48 Singer Del Rey 49 Greek theater 51 Scandinavian
people 54 “Encanto” songwriter __-Manuel Miranda 56 Recorder mounted to a windshield 58 Dawn on 62 Political org. with
a donkey symbol 63 Stashed
64 “I can be better” 66 __ acid
68 Speech therapy
subject
69 Average gestation period for a dolphin
70 Button on a
library app
71 Vow
72 “This might be broken” shorthand 73 No-nonsense
DOWN
1 People of the southern Great Plains
2 Spanish queens 3 *“A Matter of Life and Death” heavy metal band 4 Knee part, for
short
5 Mint leaf used as
a sushi garnish 6 Mouth, slangily 7 Prefix with cycle 8 Ratted (on) 9 *Ralph Ellison novel about the Black American experience 10 “Dirty” cocktail 11 Automaker __
Romeo
12 Shoddy
13 Erotic
19 Shriek of fear 22 *Fencer seeking revenge in “The Princess Bride” 25 Future flower 29 Demean
30 Quill tip
32 *Noisy amenity in a motel hallway 33 Siesta
34 In the style of 36 Bitter brew,
briefly 38 Supervillain
Luthor
39 Georgia airport:
Abbr.
40 Part of una
semana
42 Actor Danson 45 Walk oafishly, like the Jabberwock slayer 47 Campfire residue
50 Calf feeders 52 Pine Tree State
resident
53 “Count me in!,” or an apt description of the answers to the starred clues 55 Burning anger 57 Surgery marks 58 Norway’s capital 59 __ seeds: smoothie
choice
60 Assign to a role 61 Small bills
65 __ tai: cocktail 67 Came together