Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Drill bit? 6 Sudden blow 10 ’60s civil rights gp. inspired by student sit-ins 14 Recall trigger 15 One singing in musical tones? 16 Ponies run in it 17 Written in mystical letters 18 Ghanaian flag feature 19 Micro amount 20 Irritable sort, in slang 23 Even prime 24 Stadium opening? 25 Precious person 27 Mickey’s “Love Is Strange” singing partner 30 Hoods 31 Fricative admonishment 34 Distorts to one’s advantage 35 Clog from France 36 Wasn’t true 38 Sober 40 Govt. agency with a “meatball” logo 41 Agent concerned with spots 43 Alternative to “start at,” in pricing 45 Only article in a U.S. state capital name 46 Key partner 47 Looked bad? 49 __ analysis 51 Venues with games 55 Rap music article 56 Do a surveying task 59 Micro amount 61 Look bad? 62 Plant name from the Arabic for “red” 63 Film bit 64 Las Vegas Aces’ org. 65 Put into action 66 Was true to, as one’s word 67 Elle Woods of “Legally Blonde” got 179 on hers, briefly 68 Lucy’s husband and son
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1 Compassion 2 Luxury auto 3 Saoirse __, “Lady Bird” star 4 Toasting signs 5 Make-out spots? 6 Respond to a shock 7 Beauty store chain 8 Get out of the way 9 Dessert that just sounds wrong 10 Ooh-and-aah site 11 Just okay 12 Classic hole-inone site 13 José’s greeting 21 Kennel chorus 22 Dips 26 Equine coat color 28 Physical figures 29 Absurd 31 Some visual humor 32 Alternative to a wall safe 33 Help line 37 Upper-bod muscle 39 Aid in developing hair waves 42 Alfred of coffee fame 44 Looked over 48 Opposite of austere 50 Animated Tootsie Pop eater in ads 52 When repeated, spills the beans 53 Gaming biggie 54 Splinter groups 57 Jessica of “L.A.’s Finest” 58 Off the rocks? 60 Flat: Abbr.