Today’s Crossword
ACROSS
1 Start of something 4 Know-it-all 9 Sticky roll 13 Title car in a Ronny & the Daytonas hit 14 Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment,” e.g. 15 Australian export 16 Like Gen. Powell 17 Vito Corleone talking bobblehead? 19 N.T. book before Phil. 20 Denver-to-Wichita dir. 21 Oppressive atmosphere 22 Goal of a holistic chiropractor? 26 Renewal notice feature, briefly 27 Like a well-written mystery 28 Hammer user’s cry 32 Payment in Isfahan 35 Chem. and bio. 37 Drift (off) 38 As a group, emulate Popeye? 41 Singer DiFranco 42 Pop 43 TV oil name 44 “The Good Wife” figs. 46 Fabric rib 48 Its home version debuted at Sears in 1975 50 Maiden aunt mascot? 54 Israeli prime minister after Barak 57 “__ Gotta Be Me” 58 Way to go: abbr. 59 Enjoying the new car ... or what four puzzle answers are literally doing 62 Great Basin native 63 Saharan 64 Hydrocarbon gas 65 Rx item 66 Inheritance factor 67 Tends 68 Humanities maj.
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1 Way out 2 Mike or Carol on “The Brady Bunch” 3 “I guess the moment has finally arrived” 4 Impetuous 5 Find a new table for 6 Nile slitherer 7 It’s here in Paris 8 Anchored for life, as barnacles 9 Word in morning weather forecasts 10 Mil. mail drops 11 It faces forward in a stop sign 12 Big name in jazz 14 Like IHOP syrup 18 Alabama Slammer liquor 23 Type of tide 24 Troublemakers 25 Often 29 Bridge bid 30 Glasses with handles 31 One working on a bridge: abbr. 33 Fleur-de-__ 34 What a kid is prone to make in winter? 36 Farm mom 38 Pastoral call 39 Early exile 40 Ones with clout 45 Variable distance measure 47 Hand-held allergy treatment 49 Insatiable 51 Very long time 52 Political columnist Molly 53 Island bird named for its call 54 Doe beau 55 Long-eared critter 56 Similar 60 Snacked 61 __ Na Na