DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “I suppose it’s true!” 7 Cab opening 11 Middle ear? 14 Beseech 16 Treasury Dept. concern 17 Oft-torn knee pt. 18 *Promo for long-range basket shooters? 20 Passable grade 21 Girl’s name that

means “small river” 22 Hop back in horror 23 Teensy bits 25 Actor Omar 27 *Easy-to-revisit search engine results?

29 Title Pixar fish 31 Tiller’s tool 32 Give or take 34 Bring on

38 Wild garlic 42 *Frilly fabric from the Middle East? 45 Actress Redgrave 46 Eclipse

47 “The gloves are off!” 48 Some tense periods, briefly 50 Gp. that includes the UAE and Gabon 51 *Award coveted by directors Anderson and Craven? 58 Totally on board 61 Star part 62 Neatens 64 Negative conjunction

65 AI exec, perhaps 66 Musical with the song “Put On a Happy Face,” and a hint to making four answers match their starred clues 69 “Not a mouse!” 70 Actress Skye 71 Follows shampoo

bottle instructions 72 Booze-free

73 Horn sound 74 Dusty or Cody of

pro wrestling fame

DOWN

1 Reading length 2 Square 3 Secure, in a way 4 Billie Joe Armstrong bandmate __ Cool 5 Suds

6 Float past 7 Endangerment 8 Reason to boil water

9 Stock market name

10 Part of Roy G. Biv 11 Arizona roadside sights 12 Antarctic, for one 13 Word after a sneeze 15 Fajita-like fare 19 Slow moo-ver 24 Runs 26 Moment of unpleasantness 28 Drag org. 30 GPS option 32 Everything 33 Baffin, for one 34 Post-ER facility 35 Gain

36 Mark Kurlansky book subtitled “A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World” 37 Vehicle for E.T. 39 Ran away (with) 40 Mine, in Milan 41 Hook’s nemesis 43 Winning margin 44 Tear

49 Cheap

50 Sign of poor service? 51 Covertly added to an email

52 Foodie website 53 __ quartz 54 Memo taker 55 Lhasa locale 56 Big name in frozen treats 57 Cambodian currency 59 Valley with many vineyards

60 __ the part

63 “Star Wars” bad guys

67 Teo __ of “Past Lives”

68 Pi follower

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