THE DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Fabled runner-up 5 Deep cleft
10 “Tell me if you’re
coming” letters 14 Pacific island ceded by Spain to the U.S. in 1899
15 The __: Europol
headquarters 16 Meticulous to a
fault
17 Jazz club group 18 Detroit NFL team 19 Party hat shape 20 Large-scale ride
sharing option 22 Limited-access
internet area 24 Surfing connection 25 A bit off 26 Hogwarts potions
master 28 Raggedy doll 30 Significant __:
partner
33 Acorn dropper 34 How much it costs 36 Prez before JFK 37 Monopoly’s Atlantic or Pacific: Abbr.
38 __ ignition system: hi-tech car starter 40 October’s number 41 Fozzie Bear’s
frog pal
43 If all goes right 45 Sign of healing 47 Diamonds or clubs 48 Backbone 51 “You’ve got mail”
ISP
53 Claymation green
guy
57 “Proven,” in
proofs
58 Tune that stays in your head too long 61 Huntsville’s st. 62 Out of sorts ... or where four answer-ending words (see starred clues) can be found? 65 Tops, as a cake 66 November tally 67 “Magic” prop 68 Lahr of “The
Wizard of Oz” 69 Golf or tennis 70 Ransom of auto
fame
DOWN
1 Channel for
home flippers 2 General feel 3 *1956 Burt Lancaster film, with “The” 4 Expressive music
genre
5 Techie on “24” 6 *Desperation
gridiron pass
7 In the past
8 *Big name in film
festivals 9 Western plateaus 10 Tennis need 11 *Seven Dwarfs’
housekeeper 12 Wind indicator 13 Roman
commoner 21 Poet’s tribute 23 “It’s a Wonderful
Life” studio 26 Enjoy a Jacuzzi 27 Central church
part
29 Zero, in soccer 31 Barely gets (by) 32 Tenant’s expense 34 Fur-protesting org. 35 Jacob’s twin 38 Field goal expert,
e.g.
39 Mark of shame 42 51-Across
alternative
44 A/C measure 46 Hit a bunch of
pubs in one night 47 Like the 1-Across vis-à-vis the tortoise, ironically
48 News filler 49 Trump’s VP 50 Milker’s handful 52 Be a debtor of 54 Taj __
55 Button on a
mixer
56 Football
measures 59 Off-rd. transports 60 Catnap, e.g. 63 Ballpark fig. 64 “Squared” power