THE DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 *With 4-Across, researcher’s wear

4 *See 1-Across 8 Nested newborns’

noises

14 Be off

15 Major employer? 16 Like some quaint

lamps

17 “Get it?”

18 Back 19 Old-fashioned

type

20 *Briefs alternative 23 Soccer cheer 24 Lena of “Riviera” 25 Feast with poi 26 50 Cent piece,

e.g.

27 Send-ups

31 Sixth sense:

Abbr.

32 2021 World Series champs: Abbr.

33 Relish 35 “Garfield” dog 36 *Jewel-encrusted

film noir title bird 41 Curly cabbage 42 Vocally twangy 43 Nothing

44 Pound sound 47 Buffet with guacamole and salsa

51 Chekov’s early “Star Trek” rank: Abbr.

52 Give (out)

sparingly 54 Musical finale 55 CPR expert 56 *Sock hop attire 60 Seize, as an

opportunity

62 __ proprietor 63 Poe’s

“Annabel __” 64 Infuriate

65 Latin 101 verb 66 Finish

67 Checked for prints 68 With 69-Across, Iditarod frontrunner ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues 69 See 68-Across

DOWN

1 Sappho’s island

home 2 Anatomical ring 3 Secession approved in a 2016 U.K. referendum 4 Three-time Grammy-winning singer Vikki 5 Valuable minerals 6 Asian nurse 7 Alpine region in

Italy and Austria 8 Sportscaster Bob

with 29 Emmys 9 Asks (for), as a

loan

10 “Evil Woman”

rock gp. 11 Legendary city

of gold

12 Jargon with words

ending in -ay 13 Church feature 21 Strand at sea 22 Poe’s __ Morgue 28 Backstabber 29 Christmas __ 30 Aptly palindromic

ABBA hit

34 “The Last Jedi”

villain Kylo

35 The end of time? 36 Top-level

computer list 37 Elite athletes 38 Lucrative, as a

contract 39 Smart-whip link 40 Europe’s __ de

Genève 41 Prepared for a

proposal 44 Common Sunday newspaper insert 45 Supported from the bleachers, with “for” 46 Progressive

spokeswoman

48 Heated to

bubbling 49 Glandular prefix 50 Like family

friendly films 53 ’50s Ford failure 57 “You snooze,

you __” 58 “Frozen II” sister 59 Gardener’s

purchase

61 Tom Brady, before

he became a Buc