Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Works on a quilt 5 Team that won the Women’s World Cup in 2019
8 Winter skating
sites 13 Yawn-inducing 15 Melancholy 16 Love to pieces 17 Burr, to Hamilton 18 Black-and-yellow
pollinator 20 Fodder for
fantasy football 22 Cause for a
handshake 23 Waited to be
found, maybe 24 Tense tennis
moment 26 Classroom staffer 27 Word after
drinking or driving 28 Maple extract 29 Many an eBay
user
31 Curtain holders 33 Jack of “Dragnet” 36 Honeycomb
units
37 Volatile situation 40 Lion in “The Chronicles of Narnia” 43 Marquee name 44 24-hr. banking
conveniences 48 Sits on the throne 50 Picture file suffix 52 Fish-to-be 53 Batting practice
area
54 Body part that provides limited motion
58 Fire pit residue 59 “Soldier of Love”
Grammy winner 60 Much paperwork 61 Mobile download for single people, and what the starts of 18-, 24-, 37- and 54-Across have in common 64 Takes a breather 66 Kagan on the
bench
67 “Take that!” 68 Chuckleheads 69 Guitarist’s aid 70 Moth-eaten 71 “Pretty Little Liars” series novelist Shepard
DOWN
1 Pronoun for a
mom
2 Way, way back
when
3 Sparked, as
one’s appetite 4 “Poison” shrub 5 Flash drive port 6 Riyadh resident 7 Jingle-writing
guys
8 Veil of gloom 9 Poem from an
admirer
10 Ritzy San Francisco neighborhood 11 Hanukkah toy 12 Farm machines 14 Traditional stories 19 Dugout rack items 21 Produce offspring 24 Spoil
25 Opinion pages 26 Echo Dot
assistant
30 Prefix with friendly 32 Place for a play 34 Wager
35 North Carolina fort 38 Place for a stay 39 Court filing 40 Hangouts for video game players
41 Chef’s condiment 42 Not as heavy 45 Dietary supplement once pitched by Anna Nicole Smith 46 Centaur or
chimera 47 __ foot in: enter 49 Fluffy rug 51 Norwegian inlet 55 Twin Falls’ state 56 Mount Everest is on its border with China
57 Layered cookies 59 Piece of cake 62 Once __ while 63 Deg. of distinction 65 Retirees’ benefits
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