DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Underground areas explored by spelunkers 6 Car-buying necessity, for many 10 Degs. for some

entrepreneurs 14 Stuffy “Me too” 15 Competent 16 Noble rank above

viscount

17 Stuck in the muck 18 French champagne brand 19 “Well, would you

look at that!” 20 Make a polite visit 23 “__ whiz!”

24 Runs easily with

long strides 27 False start punishment, in football 34 County Clare’s

nat.

35 Internet letters 36 “The Banana Boat

Song” opener 37 Trails behind 39 Color TV pioneer 40 “Barbie” actor Liu 41 La __: Real

Madrid’s division 42 Frank on the grill 45 Naught 46 Incredibly

hard to hold 49 Photo app filter

shade

50 Time period often named for a monarch 51 Celebratory shout heard before “Auld Lang Syne” is played, and an apt title for this puzzle?

58 Crèche trio 61 Moisturizer brand 62 Missouri River

tributary 63 Minnesota representative Ilhan 64 Junction point 65 Spoke wildly 66 Sheepherding pig

in a 1995 film 67 Smack 68 Austin Powers player Mike

DOWN

1 Training __: NFL preseason practice time 2 Tibet’s continent 3 “Your mileage

may __”

4 Come to light 5 Judgmental

glance

6 Bedside light 7 Double-reed

woodwind

8 Actor Guinness 9 Invasive plants

with stinging hairs 10 Note-worthy

purchases? 11 Green __,

Wisconsin 12 Escort’s offering 13 Devious

21 Tailor’s line of

stitches

22 Freight weight 25 “Seinfeld” character who worked for Pendant Publishing

26 Really frustrate 27 Jam-packs 28 Vowel-shaped track segments 29 Carrot or celery, informally

30 Not so common 31 Hazardous 32 Initial strategy 33 “__ be sorry!” 38 Blue gem

42 Some cards in the board game Clue 43 “Now it’s clear!” 44 Overly catchy song

47 Actress Zadora 48 Come out against 52 Furrow former 53 When tripled, phrase spoken by 25-Down

54 No, in Russian 55 Icicle site 56 Ripening agent 57 Cincinnati MLB team

58 Unruly crowd 59 GP’S gp. 60 Chitchat