THE DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Sneaker feature 5 Balance scale
container
8 Plays the role of 14 Milky white gem 15 Focus of modern
day surfing 16 Most achy 17 *Spends time in
the gym
19 Shrimp entrée 20 Prime meridian
std.
21 Make into law 23 Quaking tree 24 One of the Coen
brothers 26 *Upscale eatery service for topper wearers 28 Big-time celeb 31 P-like Greek letter 32 ACLU issues 33 Smell really bad 34 Crosses (out) 36 Antiquated 38 James Taylor classic ... or, respectively, what can precede the two words in each answer to a starred clue
42 “__ on my watch!” 43 Chaney of horror
films
44 Where some
surfers shop 47 Nonprofit URL
ending
50 __ Lingus 52 Ophthalmologist’s
field
54 *Times Square New Year’s Eve custom 57 Calf-length skirts 58 Like the sea when waves are crashing
59 NFL Dolphins’
home 62 Bloodshot 63 Broadway’s Ethel 65 *When employment ends, formally 67 Cheese in some
bagels
68 Freight weight 69 Old Spice
competitor 70 Balanced
conditions 71 Aardvark’s
morsel 72 Common flag
symbol
DOWN
1 Transmission choice for steep ascents
2 Biblical disciple 3 One driving the
wrong way? 4 Lodge member 5 Menial laborer 6 Océano filler 7 V-shaped slit 8 Pack animal 9 Pepsi rival 10 Vandalize
11 Start of the
Marines’ motto 12 Appearance 13 Smells really bad 18 Dispatched 22 Driveway
material 25 Welcome to
one’s home 27 Like rosebushes 29 New Hampshire
prep school town 30 Actor Stephen 35 NBC weekend
show
37 Cinque times due
39 Blowup on the
highway 40 Buck’s partner 41 Annual hoops player selection event
45 Short operatic
solo 46 “Whatever you
say, honey” 47 Trumps’ White House predecessors
48 Least cooked 49 Vocalist
Estefan
51 CD follower 53 Radiate 55 Asian priests 56 Michelangelo
masterwork 60 Neural
transmitter 61 Like new 64 Turndowns 66 Courtroom figs.