Today's crossword
ACROSS
1 Dart around like a
hummingbird 5 Like 9-Across that
has lost its fizz 9 Dark drink with
fizz
13 Easier to write neatly on, probably
15 Like tinned
sardines
16 Las Vegas WNBA
team
17 “Drive Happy” car
rental company 18 Harvest
19 School gps. 20 *Mahalia
Jackson’s genre 23 Poem of praise 24 “Passing” actress
Thompson 25 “Friendly” cartoon
ghost
27 Abbr. between
names 29 *Colorful top with
a tropical design 32 Contributor with
deep pockets 35 Esteem
36 Layers on tall
wedding cakes 37 Orchestra __ 38 Greek storyteller who coined “sour grapes” 42 German steel city 44 Current influence
on the weather? 45 *Trial figure who can give a firsthand account 49 “__ Is a Woman”: Ariana Grande song
50 Hair gel alternative 51 Joyous song 54 Wrinkly pup 55 Nature lovers, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are 60 Actor Guinness 62 Cathedral section 63 Passion
64 Fork prong 65 Mouse mover 66 Rational believer 67 Stiletto, for one 68 “A __ formality” 69 One-named singer from County Donegal
DOWN
1 Mark as important 2 “__ & Stitch”
3 Too worked up to
relax
4 City between Phoenix and Mesa
5 Like most proms 6 In __ of
7 Word of sorrow 8 “You’re so
predictable” 9 Mushroom top 10 Sea creatures
with eight arms 11 Front-runner 12 Stand up for
(oneself) 14 Female deer 21 Aspiring atty.’s
exam
22 Unlike most proms 26 High shine
27 To the rear, at sea 28 “Cobra __”: Netflix series based on “The Karate Kid” 30 Just like ewe 31 Beret, e.g. 33 Rowing teams 34 Pass that leads to a successful basket
37 Signingceremony memento 39 Entered a
username, say 40 Singer Yoko 41 Okra unit 43 Breastbone 44 Biblical twin 45 One who feels
another’s pain 46 “That’s not
true!”
47 Oregon city on
the Willamette 48 Orb
52 “My stars!” 53 Match, as subjects
and verbs 56 Alleviate
57 “Don’t you __
stop!?”
58 Pinkish 59 Spanish miss:
Abbr.
61 Cartoon frame