THE daily Crossword
ACROSS
1 Be indecisive 6 Crop-raising
business 10 Tightly closed 14 San Antonio
landmark 15 Almay rival 16 Whittle (down) 17 Screenwriter’s
creation
19 Ferris wheel, e.g. 20 Oblong pastry 21 Outback and
Legacy autos 23 Outdoor gear
giant 24 Chickadee kin 27 Beam of light 28 Gucci or Versace,
notably
33 Nest egg letters 35 Office sub 36 Poker pot pay-ins 37 Leave high and
dry
39 “Are we on for the
project?”
41 Social slip-up 42 Cole Porter’s “Well, Did
You __?”
44 “Of course!” 45 Grand Central,
for one
48 Civil War side:
Abbr.
49 Poker table
giveaway 50 Vanilla extract
meas.
53 “That’s
deplorable!” 57 Strange thing 59 Supermarket section with a scale
60 Math student’s
plotting sheet 63 Sailors’ patron
saint
64 “That stings!” 65 Partner of well 66 Mathematician
Turing
67 Have to have 68 Botox targets
... or what 17-, 28-, 45- and 60-Across all have
DOWN
1 Communion bread 2 Wonderland
visitor
3 The 4 Seasons
frontman Frankie 4 Jane Austen
classic
5 Spanishspeaking Muppet 6 Tit-tat link 7 “Thrilla in Manila”
victor
8 Knocks hard 9 “I’m up!” 10 Artificial bronzing
product
11 Beauty salon
focus
12 Pakistani tongue 13 Many shortsleeved shirts 18 “The Count of
Monte __” 22 Iranian faith featuring a 19-day feast 25 Big place to surf 26 __ card: smartphone component 28 Stories by
devoted readers 29 Percocet, e.g. 30 Great Salt Lake
state
31 Genesis creator 32 That, in Toledo 33 Letter-shaped
beam
34 Tennis rival of
Roger, familiarly 37 Actor’s rep. 38 Like thick fog 40 1862 Tennessee
battle site 43 Brewery vessel 46 Former name of Vietnam’s most populous city 47 Longtime chum 50 Easy hoops shot 51 Tech mogul Jobs 52 Combustible
heaps
53 Thought
54 Land down under? 55 __ mater
56 “T” on a test 58 Surrealist
Salvador
61 Top pitcher 62 Scholar’s deg.