DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Speck released by fluffing cushions 5 Outfit 10 Phishing, e.g. 14 Talk Like a Pirate Day greeting 15 Friend in Oaxaca 16 Silicon Valley’s __ Alto

17 “Go,” to a driver 19 NBA and WNBA 20 Tile floor covering 21 Sworn statement 22 Go nuts for 24 Classic video game maker 26 Insurance company whose slogan begins “Like a good neighbor” 29 Garden shovel 31 Easily reached,

in a way 32 Scattergories game piece with 20 sides

33 Frozen treats in

Roma

36 Serum container 37 Trip of a lifetime 41 Hosted, for short 42 Basketball venues 43 Med. condition featured in the novel “Turtles All the Way Down” 44 “Bien sûr” 46 Garden statue with a pointy hat 49 Boost for a hockey team after a penalty 53 Disappear, as a puddle 55 Time-saving options for bakers 56 Post re-rereshared on social media

58 Sign of B’way success

59 __ golf 60 People who share a living space, and what both parts of 17-, 26-, 37-, and 49-Across can be? 63 Blackjack cards 64 Fertile spots in a desert

65 See 40-Down 66 Furtive “Hey!” 67 Length of hair 68 Leave a mark

DOWN

1 Lava, while underground 2 “Darn it!” 3 Keep a beat, digitally? 4 Organ on a dollar bill 5 Charity ball, say 6 Sends out

7 Like an inflated blood pressure cuff 8 “Yuck!” 9 Shepherd’s pie topper 10 Parody 11 Dashboard feature 12 Native of Africa’s largest country 13 Calendar divs. 18 “I’m stumped” 23 __ point: condensation temperature 25 Ranted and raved

27 Wonderland visitor 28 Filmmaker Brooks 30 Street in a horror franchise

34 To no __: unsuccessfully 35 Sticky stuff

36 Ski helmet part 37 Batman publisher 38 Merlot, Malbec, Montepulciano, etc.

39 “The Ice Storm” director Lee 40 With 65-Across, two-person vehicle 41 Bucket partner 44 Smelter input 45 Conclusion 47 Occult practitioner 48 “Aha!”

50 Live

51 Bring on a smile 52 Some RSVPs 54 Tough question 57 Clutter 59 Geography class display 61 Canoeist’s need 62 Crunched muscles

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