DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Settle, as a debt 6 “Leaving the chat for a sec” 9 Puerto __

13 Get out of bed 14 Bubble tea pearls 15 Wet dog emanation 16 Give up vaping, say

18 Amaze 19 Startled cry 20 Muscles worked by crunches 21 Tries, with “at” 23 Low-cal beer option 27 Justice Kagan 29 Greek Cupid 30 Kid-lit “Dr.” 31 As above, in footnotes 32 Roaring-lion studio

35 With 37-Across, title for the hidden individuals in 16-, 23-, 46-, and 58-Across, thanks to the circles in each answer? 37 See 35-Across 40 Surveillance org. 41 Chicago MLB

team

43 “You win” 44 Rib-eye request 45 “Thor: Ragnarok” actress Thompson 46 “Still Alice” Best Actress Oscar winner 52 Shorebird with a

curved bill 53 “Ugh”

54 Punk subgenre 57 Phone-silencing

button

58 Musical instrument also called a calliope 62 Down or dirty 63 Attention-getting

sound

64 Furious

65 Pert reply 66 Hoped-for

proposal answer 67 2023 installment in a Vin Diesel film franchise

DOWN

1 Tool for tidying a golf bunker 2 Ohio border lake 3 Mood lifters 4 Inquire

5 “Oh, about __ high” 6 Gravity-powered winter racer 7 Slugger’s stat 8 Product for a scented soak 9 Martini & __ vermouth 10 Bone on a dog collar, perhaps 11 Lozenge target 12 “... but perhaps I’m mistaken” 14 Sweetie 17 Triumphant laugh 22 “Happy Days” diner 24 App with Reels, familiarly 25 Castle in Spain, e.g.? 26 Sandwich treats 27 Corner PC key

28 Not fatty 31 Store, after cremation 32 Distance runner 33 Plenty of nothing 34 Rumple, with “up” 36 “Your guess is as good as mine” 38 Don Corleone 39 Word after Red or before robin 42 See 59-Down 44 Issa of “The Hate U Give”

46 Door frame parts

47 Soft palate dangler 48 Floating flower 49 Slurpee-like drinks 50 Polite title 51 Resistance unit 55 Small shop 56 Black gem in a cameo 59 With 42-Down, “Stayin’ Alive” disco trio 60 Clumsy one 61 Genetic messenger

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