Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Spaces between
teeth
5 Comedian
Foxworthy
9 Flat finish 14 Gershwin’s “__
Rhythm”
15 Diva’s delivery 16 Skylit courts 17 *Internet connection touted in the ’90s as faster than dial-up
19 Leaks
20 Bill for beers 21 Barbie’s beau 23 Church recess 24 4 x 4, for short 25 Brontë and Post 27 1987 Beatty/
Hoffman bomb 30 Flammable gas 32 Andy’s son in
Mayberry 33 Decorate
34 ASAP relative 37 Move back and
forth, as a tail 38 *Extended
engagement 40 Baseball great
Gehrig 41 Remains of the
tray?
42 Building addition 43 Mideast strip 44 Toronto NBAer 46 Remained 48 Beach Boys
“Help Me” title girl 50 Whirling toon devil 51 Slippery
52 Bosom buddy 55 Pricey watches 59 Bravery
61 Battery boost
... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be 63 Happening 64 Fronton game
word
65 Scrabble piece 66 Stringed instruments of yore
67 Jalopy corrosion 68 Historic British
school
DOWN
1 “Shadow Dancing” singer Andy
2 Indian tourist city 3 Below average 4 Law
5 Go on and on 6 MLB pitcher’s
stat
7 Stool pigeon 8 Lose luster, as
colors
9 Fit to be tied 10 Subway immortalized in an Ellington song 11 *Diamond
defensive rarity 12 Slightly
inebriated 13 Subsides 18 Spreadsheet info 22 India’s first prime
minister 26 Herbie of jazz 27 Hawkeye’s state 28 Health resorts 29 *Vegas spender 30 Lawn care tool 31 Six-pointed starshaped screw head 33 Part of A.D. 35 Catch a few z’s 36 Campus
courtyard 38 SoCal cop force 39 Like much bar
beer
43 Montreal daily 45 “Tennis, __?” 46 “Cut that out!” 47 Scottish
toppers 48 Whoop it up 49 Hard to lift 53 Not quite
closed 54 Humdinger 56 Canter or
gallop 57 “Alice’s Restaurant” singer Guthrie 58 British weapon
acronym 60 ACLU concerns 62 Pas’ partners