Crossword No. 663: Let’s Run a 10K

ACROSS

1 Like good lettuce

6 “___ no big deal”

9 Numbskulls

14 “L’il” cartoon character

15 Hitmaker’s music category

16 Leigh role

17 Its nickname is “Land of 10,000 Lakes”

19 Donates

20 President Biden announced $10,000 of forgiveness on Aug. 24 for those who’ve taken out these

22 An orange or a billiard ball, say

25 ___/her

26 Digs for pigs

27 Chicken potpie morsel

28 Preppie line of clothing

31 Self-motivating force

33 Former Pepsi CEO Nooyi

35 Malek who portrayed Freddie Mercury

37 Famous ___ cookies

41 “Wonder” and “Jealousy” singer who used to front the band 10,000 Maniacs

44 Difficult and draining task

45 No longer worth disputing

46 Seek assistance from

47 Nat. with the world’s tallest building

49 Org. that may soon include Finland

51 Whole bunch

52 The Bachelorette network

55 T, to Telemachus

57 Get away

59 President Lincoln’s treasury secretary; his visage graces the $10,000 bill

63 Wear in the dressing room

64 He hosted The $10,000 Pyramid in 1973 and 1976; later versions of the game show saw that number go way up

68 Many a Chicago Hope character, briefly

69 Tulsa sch. named for an evangelist

70 Arm bones

71 Witherspoon in Wild

72 Calendar page between AUG and OCT

73 Annoying and metallic, as a sound

DOWN

1 Phone feature, briefly

2 Stat for Shohei Ohtani 3 Cozy getaway spot

4 Get the feeling

5 Like some courtroom motions

6 Player on a jogger’s arm

7 Carry

8 Bridge measurements

9 Golf hole with a crooked layout

10 Tim Ryan and J.D. Vance’s state

11 Molten materials

12 Reznor or Dilfer

13 Hard to boss around

18 Egyptian port

21 Not our

22 Wheel of Fortune actions

23 Word with code or colony

24 Didn’t have another choice

29 Cookie with its name on it

30 Matt of Stillwater

32 Most of Honolulu County

34 Classico competitor

36 Facebook’s parent company

38 Big ray

39 Leading the other team

40 Jeweler’s item

42 “Let me put it this way...”

43 Like some wooden flooring

48 Right away

50 Hard wood

52 Showy perennial

53 Ballet studio protrusion

54 Bonnie’s partner in crime

56 Dramatic hairstyles 58 Violin’s cousins

60 Calls in a field

61 Glazed fabric

62 Large size at ThirdLove

65 ___ Arbor, Mich.

66 Kurosawa classic

67 Of critical importance