Today's crossword
ACROSS
1 Not very spicy 5 Time and again,
to a bard
8 Stage surprise 13 More reasonable 14 Give in to jet lag 15 Far from posh 16 Steinway parts 18 Whack, biblically 19 Space-saving
abbr.
20 Mayberry kid 21 Bk. before
Philippians 22 Cajun crustacean 24 Lowlifes 28 Bell-shaped lily 29 Hobbyist’s blade 31 Laura of
“Marriage Story” 33 BMW competitor 34 Merged comm.
giant
35 “Are you serious?” 39 Awarenessraising TV ad 42 Lose stamina 43 A whole lot 46 Cartoon character who is five apples tall 50 Chase scene maneuvers, slangily
52 Some bottled
waters
53 Most tidy 55 Arcing shot 56 Fleshy facial
feature
57 Student advocacy
org. 58 Off-the-cushion
pool shot 60 Receives a go-ahead ... and a hint to what’s hidden in 16-, 29-, 35- and 46-Across 62 Render
weaponless 63 Maiden name
lead-in
64 Country rocker
Steve 65 Jam-packed 66 FedEx rival 67 React to yeast
DOWN
1 Restaurant host 2 Like most pet birds 3 Writer Deighton 4 Dickens’ “The Mystery of Edwin __” 5 Upstate New
York lake 6 Actress Dunaway 7 Playfully pranks,
for short 8 Stubborn equine 9 Cut down to size 10 German city where Wagner was born 11 Crime after a data breach, perhaps
12 “See ya” 13 Architectural
details
17 Title planet in a
2001 sci-fi film 23 In need of
patching
24 __ finder:
carpenter’s tool 25 Wine city near
Sacramento 26 Just managing,
with “out” 27 Witness
30 Coast Guard
Academy student 32 “__ your life!” 36 Dee who sang
with Elton 37 Spring flower 38 Joint ailment 39 Prof.’s degree 40 Maritime route 41 Concession
speech deliverer 44 Paging gadgets 45 Ventricular
contraction 47 Hercules’ 12
challenges 48 Low-risk govt.
securities 49 Evergreens used for archery bows
51 Buffy’s weapon of
choice
54 Make changes to 56 Wrangler maker 58 Bovine chew 59 French Mrs. 60 Oxlike antelope 61 Yokohama yes