THE DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Tbsp., for example 4 Touchy monarch? 9 “United States of

Al” network 12 “Very droll” 14 Representation 15 Edible seed 16 Port near the Red

Sea

17 To date

18 Wild party 19 NEAR-EGOT winner Midler (she’s missing the O)

21 Org. with

admirals 22 Reviews briefly 23 Gets gasps from 24 Bit of rebar 25 Philippine

currency

26 Word often

contracted

27 Text lead-in 30 “Oversharing!” 32 Home of the

Green Wave 34 Shrewdness 36 Inventing middle

name

37 Short two-pointer 41 “Critique of

Judgment” author 42 Animals drawn in the Lascaux caves

43 Opposite of après 44 Madrid pronoun 45 Like email

notifications 48 33-Down

members: Abbr. 51 Update follower,

perhaps

52 “’And when I __ my lips let no dog bark!’”: “The Merchant of Venice”

55 Old TWA

competitor 57 Coastal raptor 58 Shady place 60 Signs

61 __ al-fitr: end-of

Ramadan feast 62 Greek letter 63 Apple product 64 “Therefore ... ” 66 Natural resources 67 “Star Wars” role 68 Star in Orion 69 “That’s that!” 70 1974 CIA spoof 71 Word with home

or bed

72 Tiny crawlers

DOWN

1 Obsessed

mariner

2 Added to the

official playbook 3 Start of a

seasonal title 4 Fla. NBA team,

on scoreboards 5 “Not a doubt in

my mind”

6 Title, part 2 7 Chair’s prep job 8 Wimbledon

division

9 End of the title 10 Drumroll follower 11 Comments 13 Part of a pot 15 Smelting fuel 20 “Around the

Horn” airer

22 It’s risky to work

on it

26 Slightly

28 Fix a messy

package, say 29 Certain rider’s

pace

31 Grooving on 33 Organization for

48-Across 35 Short strings? 38 Comment about

a familiar film 39 With the contents of this grid’s circles, part of the refrain in 3-/6-/9-Down 40 Salton, for one 46 __ control

12/24/21

47 RBI, e.g.

48 Booty

49 Increase

50 Not at all up-front 52 Puck handler? 53 Strong

54 Gets rid of 56 Long range 59 Mary’s upstairs

neighbor

64 MGM motto

word

65 Stale