Today's crossword
ACROSS
1 Pizza chain in many food courts
7 Mark Cuban’s
NBA team
13 Blue state 15 Fútbol chant 16 Member of the swim-up bar staff?
18 La Scala
showpiece 19 Take a little off
the top 21 Exercise class that’s all about one’s ego? 26 Hardware with
crosspieces 28 Big name in nail
polish
29 Phishing fig. 30 Interior designer
Berkus 31 Marriages 34 Elements needed to start NFL games?
40 Most massive 41 Barrel band 42 Many a “9-1-1”
character 45 Make a typo, say 46 Not fair
48 Tricks for producing excellent Tweetstorms? 52 One with elitist
tastes
53 Gray __
54 “Not staying long,” and an apt title for this puzzle?
62 “Come From the Heart” country singer Kathy 63 Without any
oomph
64 Came next 65 Office binder
DOWN
1 Retired jet 2 Granola __ 3 Juice aisle suffix 4 Genetic letters 5 Hill-building
stinger 6 Egyptian god of
the underworld 7 __ Jones
8 Menu phrase 9 Island chain 10 Buncha 11 National Weather
Service postings 12 Binger’s target 14 Cranky mood 17 Part of LGBTQ+ 20 Web portal with a
butterfly logo 21 Participate in a
primary, say 22 First Hebrew
letter
23 Gesture while giving directions, maybe
24 Shuffle gadget 25 “The Mod Squad” role for Omar Epps
26 Explosive letters 27 “Phooey!”
31 Tech support
callers
32 “Panini” rapper
Lil __ X
33 Not __: barely
acceptable 35 Had regrets 36 Nasty sort 37 “We’ll square up
later” markers 38 Wordless
agreement 39 Seeker of intel 42 UFO mechanics,
presumably 43 Verne Troyer’s “Austin Powers” role
44 __ horse 46 Brunch choice 47 Seize, as an
opportunity
49 Is up against 50 Canal setting 51 Jackdaw kin 55 Disco __ of “The
Simpsons” 56 Rugby ball prop 57 Cam or Mitch, on
“Modern Family” 58 Celebrated time
span
59 Short swim 60 Under the
weather 61 “Science Guy” Bill