Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Inferior in quality 6 Temple mascot
Hooter T. __ 9 Edsel and
“Ishtar,” e.g. 14 Gossipy Hopper 15 Month in
printemps 16 “Chicago”
showgirl 17 Singing the
praises of 19 “Tiny Alice”
dramatist 20 Longtime game show that features stunts and a time limit 22 State as fact 25 Parlor art, briefly 26 Horror film
director Craven 27 Website help
sect. 28 Résumés, for
short
31 Family nickname 33 High-quality
investment 38 Quiet
39 __ pay 40 Wynonna’s
mother
43 Lose it 46 Kalamazoo-toCincinnati dir. 47 Only even prime
number
48 Ka __: southernmost Big Island point 49 “Black-ish”
network 52 Weaken
54 Pax __ 57 Megahits, and what the interior letters of 20-, 33and 43-Across effectively are? 61 Sported
62 Didn’t stop
behind in time 66 Muscat native 67 Managed 68 Corpulent 69 Router button 70 Texter’s “Yikes!” 71 Bit of hardware
DOWN
1 Michael of “SNL” 2 Spell
3 Summer hrs. at
Augusta National 4 Acrobat maker 5 Not as tanned 6 Forget about 7 Crave, e.g. 8 Tenth word of the
National Anthem 9 Elementary math
subject
10 Lounge around 11 U-shaped river
bend
12 King or queen,
perhaps
13 Goes after 18 Hold (onto) 21 Part of 46-Across 22 Dover and Edwards, e.g., briefly
23 “Pass the __” 24 __ kick: tricky
football ploy 29 Asti product 30 Used up
32 Order to go 34 Wings with
rooms
35 Tightly connected
36 Hearty entrée 37 It’s not a bear 41 Classic name in
shoes
42 Maker of BILLY
bookcases 44 “MacArthur Park”
songwriter Jimmy 45 More angry 49 Detest
50 Fault
51 Musical endings
53 Grand Canyon
animal
55 Thins, for
instance 56 Rachel Maddow’s
network 58 Volcano apex 59 Ore source 60 Strong taste
63 __ Spiegel 64 Legal conclusion? 65 Morning moisture