Crossword

ACROSS 1 Get too scared, with “out” 5 Cutting class? 9 Like a know-itall 14 Witching ___ 15 Word that might accompany an air kiss 16 Garden pest 17 Memo header 18 Sciences’ partner 19 Reacts to a blow 20 Grand preparations? 23 Comment after a sneeze 24 Sushi bar offering 25 Letter before omega 27 Things that go bump in the night 32 Girded 35 Disturb 36 Sea ___ 37 Mouth, slangily 39 “___ never!” 41 Genus that includes geniuses 42 Shady areas 44 It’s right on the map 46 Vietnamese festival 47 Iconic logo since 1962 50 Bard’s “before” 51 Granola morsel 52 Mountain shelter 56 Gestured rudely … or what this puzzle’s circles have done? 61 “___ yourself!” 62 Home to the Triple Crown of Surfing 63 Ones who’ve called it quits 64 Neighbor of Saudi Arabia 65 Company, e.g. 66 Communion, e.g. 67 7 7 7, in France 68 Circus site 69 Circus sight DOWN 1 Congressional leaders 2 Ancient Anatolian region 3 Sistine Chapel feature 4 Union agreement, informally? 5 Disney villain voiced by Jeremy Irons 6 Take on 7 Curse 8 Big phony 9 Verizon or AT&T 10 Unfolds, in poetry 11 Unsporting comment 12 Twiddles one’s thumbs 13 Golf hole measure: Abbr. 21 Nose wrinkler 22 Distress 26 “Love ___ a victory march” (“Hallelujah” lyric) 28 Action that could cause a QB’s fumble 29 Part of many a garbage bag 30 “Oklahoma!” aunt 31 I, in Innsbruck 32 Put on 33 Scoring 100 34 Piece of office décor 38 Pea’s place 40 Body of eau 43 Investigates, as a cold case 45 Prefix meaning “far away” 48 Went to a restaurant 49 Gets serious, with “up” 53 The South 54 TV host Van Susteren 55 Ford flop 57 One of the first musicians to have an “explicit content” sticker on an album 58 Rosencrantz or Guildenstern 59 Flimsy 60 Jabba, for one, in “Star Wars” 61 Fly-___

PUZZLE BY EMILY CARROLL