THE DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Yahtzee cubes 5 Load to bear 9 Includes on an
12 Milky white gem 13 Exactly right 15 Barrister’s field 16 *Device that crushes pungent cloves
18 Unlock, in verse 19 Shared values 20 “Tag, __ it!” 22 Puts on
24 *Go swimming in
one’s birthday suit 27 Domino dimple 28 Flexible blackjack
card
30 Letters accompanying college apps 31 Maker of Calm + Restore skin care products
33 Sheep sound 34 Threesome 38 Come to a satisfying conclusion, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has 41 Wild guess 42 P-like Greek letter 43 Apple Airpod, e.g. 44 Qatari leader 46 __ deco
47 Some coll.
degrees
48 *Perm style popular in the 1980s and early 1990s
52 Olympic sword 54 Vampire teeth 55 Video game
pioneer
57 Tot
58 *Very little,
informally 64 “World of Dance”
judge, to fans 65 Make a minister 66 Constellation bear 67 << on a remote:
Abbr.
68 Rapper Lil Uzi __ 69 Yellowstone
grazers
DOWN
1 “Best in Show”
animal
2 Hoppy brew
letters
3 Sedan, e.g. 4 Astronaut Ochoa who was the first Latina in space 5 Stand against 6 Scandinavian language, to its speakers
7 Native people of
Colorado 8 Distress call
9 Sun block?
10 __ pants: warmweather wear 11 Use a broom 13 PTA meeting
place
14 “Bye Bye Bye”
boy band 17 “Hard pass” 21 Bivalve in a bed 22 Golfer’s gouge 23 Rossini
composition 25 Tehran’s land 26 Less of a mess 27 Bear hands 29 Journalist Katie who guest-hosted “Jeopardy!” in 2021
32 Actress Anita of
“La Dolce Vita”
33 Sci. course 35 Yeshiva leader 36 Occupied 37 Betting numbers 39 Drive-__ window 40 Trash-talking
types
45 Bungle
46 Writing movement rooted in internet culture
48 Jackie O’s son
49 Selassie of
Ethiopia
50 Fund 51 Storm-tracking aid 53 Arouse, as interest 56 Author Rand 59 Hip-hop producer
Gotti
60 1950s political
monogram 61 Bookmarked link 62 Invite (to)
63 Prof’s assistants