Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Baroque composer of many fugues
5 “__ did you say?” 9 Pageant
adornment 13 Workout reminder 14 Team instructor 15 Stage in an
insect’s life cycle 16 Stiletto __: shoe
part
17 Waze suggestion 18 Chief Norse deity 19 Outdoor security
illumination 22 Tennis toppers 24 Shucked shellfish 25 German cry 26 Tummy muscles 28 Election night
graphic
29 Sloppy room
metaphor
30 Teeth
34 Caesar’s last gasp 35 Gut punch
reaction
36 __ na tigela: Brazilian berry dish in a bowl 40 First ten U.S. constitutional amendments 45 “Fill ’er up” fluid 48 Michelle Obama
__ Robinson 49 Turn on the
waterworks 50 Charged particle 51 Defeat cunningly 53 Flat renter 55 Where horse races begin ... and where the beginning of 19-, 30- and 40-Across might be seen
59 State with a greeting in its name
60 Apple pie-making
tool
61 Hoops officials 64 Lady’s man 65 Egg producer 66 Bridal accessory 67 Approximately 68 Word after user
or stage 69 Provocative, as
humor
DOWN
1 Scroogean scoff 2 Versatile
blackjack card 3 Culinary topper 4 Word of greeting 5 Stove fuel
6 In it for the
long __
7 Play opening 8 One blamed for
losing a game 9 Unchangeable leopard markings, in Jeremiah 10 IRS-conducted
ordeals
11 Small piano 12 Irritably needing
food
14 Bing who teamed with Hope in “Road to ...” films
20 Like much lore 21 Pre-release buzz 22 Enjoy an e-cig 23 Very cool rapper? 27 Extremely muscular, in modern parlance 28 Annoys 31 Massage
32 Owl’s sound 33 Mattress problem 37 Smoothie additive also used to sprout “hair” on terracotta “pets” 38 Lots and lots 39 “__ it obvious?” 41 Playing an extra
NBA period 42 Dictionary 43 Traffic circle 44 “Su-u-ure” 45 Split with the
band, maybe 46 Novelist, e.g. 47 Alternative to a
crowded elevator 52 Hobbit on a quest 54 Optic __ 56 Starburst? 57 Ma’s ma 58 Roberts’ “Pretty
Woman” co-star 62 Newton fruit 63 Sneaky