The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

DAILY CROSSWORD

- By Rebecca Goldstein & Rachel Fabi

ACROSS

1 Day on Mars 4 Crunched numbers 8 Shockingly vivid 13 Clean water org. 14 Inner selves 15 Wretchedne­ss 16 Region of severe drought in the 1930s

18 Structures that

provide shade

19 At the ready 20 Massive 22 Craigslist abbr. 23 Actress Polo 24 Diner, e.g.

28 Head physician,

briefly?

29 Feeds the pigs 30 Light units 31 Assume, as a

responsibi­lity 33 Bank vaults 36 Rochester, New York, dish with meat, fries, and baked beans 39 Question type 40 SoFi Stadium pros 42 Actor Hawke 45 Runs up against? 47 Light touch 49 Hazard for bare feet in a beach parking lot 52 Cooked up 53 Bluff, maybe 54 Force from power 55 Gives for a while 56 “Doesn’t look good for me!” 59 Army dining area, or a punny descriptio­n of where to find 16-, 24-, 36-, and 49-Across

62 Apt name for someone born on Christmas 63 Operatic solo 64 Narc’s org.

65 Class 66 Subsequent­ly 67 Mule kin

DOWN

1 Hardly rowdy

2 Richly appointed 3 Activity that involves taking a shot in the dark? 4 Subject of a congressio­nal ceiling 5 Previously

6 Pull along

7 Like a limb that’s all pins and needles

8 “30 Rock” role for Tina 9 Employ

10 Start up again 11 Asimov work with “Three Laws” 12 Vacuums that have “dual cyclone” technology

15 “I Try” singer Gray 17 Prefix with -athlon 18 Beneficiar­ies of the Servicemen’s Readjustme­nt Act of 1944, for short 21 Out of style 24 Gooey lumps 25 Journalist Farrow 26 Pinky promises 27 Carb-loader’s pre-race meal

29 Like the vibes at a spa

32 Style of boat first used by the Aleut, Inuit, and Yupik peoples 34 Overachiev­er’s test score 35 Shoes that lack heels 37 Aspiration­al hashtag 38 Savory turnover 41 Seats for equestrian­s 42 Receding

43 Earthquake 44 Sore throat soother

46 The Caped Crusader 48 Cars that charge slowly in the cold 50 Honker 51 Word before microbiome 52 “It’s fine” 55 DA-to-be’s exam 57 Long in the tooth 58 Tap pour 60 Before, poetically 61 __-pack abs

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