Today’s Crossword
1 Correspondence signoff 5 Musical series set at
McKinley High 9 “Wealth of Nations” author Smith
13 Pot for paella 14 Speaks up?
15 Bit of folklore 16 Mature gentle treatment? 18 B’way hit signs 19 News letters 20 “Have some” 21 Decides not to dele 22 Bodega miss 25 Roe-producing fish 26 Mature sprightly piano classic? 30 Canaanite deity 32 Half a cocktail 33 Handler of “Sex and the City”
34 Costa del __
35 Mature young infatuation? 39 Taking a sick day,
presumably
40 Trivial, as talk 42 Versailles ruler 43 Mouselike animal 45 Mature news newbie? 49 Salty margarita glass spots 50 Low-alcohol beverage 54 Dries gently 56 French menu word 57 Singer Grande’s perfume brand 58 “__ move” 59 Mature “Agnus Dei” translation?
63 Air
64 Word with offering or officer
65 “Who __ knows?” 66 Scandinavian literary work
67 Lie next to 68 Wedding couple?
ACROSS DOWN
1 Phony
2 Run secretly to the chapel 3 Dispatched, as a dragon 4 Ankle pic 5 Cavern
6 Brit’s facilities 7 Bud on a spud 8 Snaky curve
9 On the line 10 Stunt performer, say 11 Boatloads
12 Food in a hall 14 Braid 17 Notable Ford of the ’70s
21 “__ Persisted”: children’s book about inspirational women 23 Andean tuber 24 Pit-digging insect 25 Handmade blade 27 Eastern “way” 28 Second-oldest Ivy 29 NBC show since 1975
30 Portend 31 Versatile
34 Bro or sis
36 Rich rocks 37 Political initials since 1884 38 Exceedingly 41 Asmara’s nation 44 Poetic sphere 46 Rental ad abbr. 47 Veto 48 Brownish gray 51 Birdie topper 52 Jagged, as a leaf’s edge 53 Carnival attractions 54 Data unit 55 Musician’s forte? 59 Place for a chemical peel
60 Lang. of the Torah 61 __ minérale: French spring supply 62 Gratified