DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Nile reptile 4 Woodworking tool 8 School year 13 “Knock, knock”

response starter 15 Crooner Paul 16 Put a cap on 17 Commuter option 19 State one’s views 20 Union member? 21 Total disorder 23 “__ whiz!” 24 Attempt 25 Hawaiian dish

with skipjack tuna 27 “Good Will

Hunting” univ. 29 Ahmed of “The

Night Of”

31 “If I were __ ...” 32 “Time’s Arrow”

novelist Martin 34 Guns, as an

engine 37 Mandarin

greeting 41 Dumped

unceremoniously 44 Pitch perfect 45 Potatoes, in South

Asian cuisine 46 “Twittering Machine” artist Paul

47 Snakelike fish 49 TD’S six

51 Mary __ cosmetics 52 Cloverleaf

segment

57 Rx writers 59 Movie night room 60 Woodwind for

Elaine Douvas 61 Enticing scents 64 Spy collection 66 Olympic arena that features the ends of 17-, 25-, 41-, and 52-Across 68 After-bath wrap 69 Not all 70 Sparkling wine

region

71 Makes out, in

Manchester 72 Affirmative

votes

73 QVC alternative

DOWN

1 Puncturing tools 2 Model in a bottle 3 Toy with a handlebar and a big spring 4 Unique person 5 Political commentator Navarro 6 Cut corners 7 Hunter-gatherer diet

8 Reason to say “Whew!”

9 Carmex target 10 Buddy in Barcelona 11 Muscular power 12 Stainless __ 14 Closed

18 Figure in Russian history

22 Chicago WNBA team

26 Lincoln competitor 27 Shark name that comes from Maori 28 “Let’s do it!” 30 Actress Catherine __-Jones 33 Shooting sport © 2023 Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

35 Abbreviation on a

TV remote 36 Intersection sign 38 Angry shout from

a green Avenger 39 Locale

40 Follow orders 42 Exasperated

expressions 43 Much-anticipated

nights out 48 Scientist’s

workplace 50 Aching

52 Changes the

narrative?

53 Noble gas whose name comes from the Greek for “strange”

54 Split evenly 55 Overgrown,

in a way

56 Black tea grade 58 __ América: international football tournament

62 __ and crafts 63 Largest organ in

the human body 65 Brain scan letters 67 Reddit Q&A