DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Percolate 5 After, in Avignon 10 Texting format initials 13 Tiniest bit 14 Flexible

15 __ it on thick 16 *Sound made by bursting a cereal bag? 18 Ancient

19 Fix, in a way 20 Tags on Insta, say 21 __ song 22 California home of the National Yo-Yo Museum 24 “Us” director Jordan

25 Sales talk 29 *24-hour TV marathon that requires glasses? 31 “Brave New World” drug 32 __-ray 33 Rooibos, for one 34 With 36-Across, first encounter, or what the answers to the starred clues make? 36 See 34-Across 40 University extension 41 Baseball’s Mattingly 42 Sound reflection 43 *Many fan letters to N.W.A? 47 Spot of land 48 Some vines 49 Bailey’s Irish __ 51 Give for a time 52 Means to be cooler 53 Irrigates 58 Gerund suffix 59 *Bridge that plays a familiar note when crossed? 61 Take advice from a personal injury lawyer, perhaps 62 Submits taxes sans paper 63 Anti-fur gp. 64 Them alternative 65 Make big bangs? 66 Percolate

DOWN

1 Compact __ 2 Wrangler’s need 3 Shipped pair? 4 Walk to and fro 5 Tide shelfmate 6 Detective voiced by Ryan Reynolds 7 Kite, for one 8 Father of Kenan 9 Gas additive brand

10 Got ready to stop 11 UNESCO’s __ Fund for Girls’ Right to Education 12 “Finding Nemo” city 14 Well-worn trail 17 Move slowly 21 Gets ready for surgery

23 “__ cost ya!” 24 Hammer end 25 Penultimate Greek letter

26 F-, e.g.

27 “I’m covering my ears now!”

28 Like some retro frames 30 School near Heathrow 32 Scarecrow creator 35 __ of March 36 Natalie with nine Grammys 37 Knee pt. 38 Marxist Guevara 39 Tyke 41 Oktoberfest outfits 43 Billie who is the youngest woman to win two Oscars 44 Way, or means

45 Snappy put-down 46 National park on Mount Desert Island

47 Apple with a few cores 50 Stupefies 52 Revolutionary era pipe

54 Baking amts. 55 Foil alternative 56 Give a star, maybe 57 Lose it 59 Crossed 60 Greta of “The Morning Show”

By David B. Ritterskamp © 2024 Tribune Content Agency, LLC.