Today's crossword

ACROSS

1 Unexpected

obstacle 5 “Pronto!” letters 9 Suffers after a Pure Barre class, say

14 __ Top ice cream 15 Four Corners

state

16 “If only!”

17 “Will do!” 18 Emperor after

Claudius

19 __ touch 20 Forgettable band with a memorable song

23 Jazz pianist

McCoy 24 Unnecessary 28 Pie crust fat 31 Ace a presentation 32 “Pipe down!” 37 Lingerie selection 38 Musical ability 39 Old PC platform 41 Snaky fish 42 Shopping cart

fillers

45 Spot for spare

change

48 Cook’s Illustrated

offering

50 Lake bird with a

wild laugh 51 Sotheby’s

auctions, e.g. 54 Fragrance 58 Element of irony, and what can be found in each set of circled letters? 61 Like 18-Across 64 Goalie’s success 65 Per-hour amount 66 Not sleeping 67 Diva’s big moment 68 Simpson daughter voiced by Yeardley Smith 69 Came to a close 70 Shout

71 Opening for a

hotel key card

DOWN

1 “Ask me anything!” 2 Mary Poppins,

for one

3 Out of this world? 4 Went to a tutoring

session, say 5 Many a

godmother

By Wendy L. Brandes

6 Fret (over) 7 Judge who hit 62 home runs in 2022

8 Galaxy, for one 9 Set one’s sights

on

10 “All the Birds in the Sky” Nebula winner __ Jane Anders 11 Monopolize 12 Prefix with dermis 13 Triple __: orangeflavored liqueur 21 Baghdad’s

country

22 Room that may have a sectional sofa 25 Respected

leader 26 Cucumber salad,

coconut rice, etc. 27 Panache 29 Bacardi liquor 30 Blu-ray buy 32 Knightley of “Bend

It Like Beckham” 33 “Peter, Peter,

pumpkin __ ... ” 34 Build

35 Old name of

Tokyo

36 Work hard 40 __-cone

43 Error

44 Brought about,

as a movement 46 Like a red-carpet

event

47 Opens, as a fern

frond

49 Former quarterback Manning 52 Writing contest

entry, maybe 2/1/23 53 Long look 55 “Reply all”

medium 56 “Untrue!” 57 October 31

option 59 Malicious 60 Hand out cards 61 “Insecure” star

Issa

62 Woolf’s “A Room

of One’s __” 63 Fit to be tied