THE DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sci-fi weapon that makes the sounds heard at the ends of the answers to the starred clues 7 Hubs: Abbr. 11 Catch 14 Operating

mindlessly

15 “Call on me! I

know!”

16 Mined resource 17 Getting some sun 18 Like a phenom’s

rise to stardom 20 *“Black Widow”

co-star 22 Placeholder abbr. 25 Court divider 26 Light lunch

27 Spy of kid-lit fame 30 Olympics

participant 32 Oxen harnesses 33 “Should that be

the case ... ” 35 Costa del __ 36 *Cathedral bench 40 Isr. neighbor 43 Genius Bar pro 44 Capital city on the

Andean Plateau 48 Forced

51 Binge watcher’s

unit

53 Venomous snake 54 Sound from a fold 55 Came in first 56 *Offer of

assistance 61 Much of nursery

school

62 Of France 66 Brain scan letters 67 Comparable 68 New York prison

in 1971 headlines 69 Mormon initials 70 Enthusiast,

colloquially 71 Sci-fi weapon that makes the sounds heard at the ends of the answers to the starred clues

DOWN

1 Towel holder 2 De Armas of

“Blonde” 3 Happy cry 4 Wide gap

5 Elec., for one 6 Zero

7 Cupid colleague 8 “__ what?” 9 Campus mil. unit 10 “Jeepers!” 11 “Anything goes!” 12 Japanese “thank

you”

13 Alison who wrote the graphic memoir “The Secret to Superhuman Strength” 19 Stone for a Libra 21 No longer

working

22 Poetic

possessive 23 Steamed bun in

Asian cuisine 24 Genesis boat 28 “Parks and __” 29 Sorta 30 Metaphor for no-longerrelevant history 31 Blouse 34 Media-monitoring

org.

37 Great Basin

native

38 Actor Wallach 39 Is past? 40 Surgical tool 41 Sang some high

notes? 42 Colorful sale

labels 45 “Kaboom!” 46 Commotion 47 Garden type 49 “Ratatouille” rat who loves gourmet food 50 Greek islander

52 Evidence of workplace gender bias, perhaps 54 Mix

57 Walk in the park,

maybe

58 Mideast dignitary 59 Pledge

60 Beauty store

chain 63 Fleur-de-__ 64 Curling surface 65 Automobile