THE DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Feel compassion
(for) 5 Uncomfortable
spot
8 Focus on winning
a contest? 13 Arctic trout 14 Word with rock
or rain
16 “The Thunder
Dragon Kingdom” 17 Magazine article? 19 Pitching in 20 Egyptian leader
before Sadat 21 Hockey trophy
namesake
23 Go (for) 24 Magazine
employee?
28 Fail to hold it
together
30 Iris part 31 Japanese
national sport 32 Enter noisily 35 Swear 37 Magazine
revenue? 40 Submit
43 FBI director
before Comey 46 Atomic theory
pioneer
47 Blues and Jazz,
e.g.
50 Days of
anticipation 52 Magazine ad? 56 “__ had enough!” 57 Supreme Court appointee between Stevens and Scalia
58 Firm up 60 Captures 61 Magazine
founders?
64 See to
65 Shaving mishap 66 Chip in? 67 Baker’s starter
component 68 Look at intently 69 Certain survivor’s
malady, for short
DOWN
1 Commercial
imperative 2 Growing fad? 3 Pet with cheek
pouches 4 “__ Tu”: 1974 hit 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo, once
6 __ the kicker: call a time-out moments before a field goal attempt
7 Facial spasm 8 Overseas county 9 Like Leeds Castle,
architecturally 10 Contested 11 Coerced
payments 12 Lang. of Belize 15 Passed out 16 Sight in the skies
above Gotham 18 Cheerleading
asset 22 Blues-rocker
Chris
25 Role for Ronny 26 Remain
undecided
27 “I was being
sarcastic!” 29 Sources of juice 33 Fielder prefix 34 False purpose 36 __ Aviv
38 First year of the
next millennium
39 Get rid of 40 Robin Roberts’
network
41 Solar eclipse
phenomena 42 Certain MexicanAmerican 44 Clear
45 Goes back 48 WWII command 49 Protective
garment
51 Intuited 53 Prepared to speak to a tot, maybe
54 Fail in the
clutch 55 Chewie’s pal 59 Gather 60 Short
62 Treat on
March 14 63 Not very
welcoming