Crossword No. 675: Back in Charge

ACROSS

1 Cracker spreads

6 ___ fixe menu

10 Subtle hiss

14 “It’s ___” (“Do not miss it!”)

15 Forty-yard dash, e.g.

16 Airport guesses, briefly

17 Disney CEO from 2005 to 2020, recently rehired to replace his successor

19 General, for one

20 Grafton or Bird

21 Iowa senator Joni

22 Prepares (oneself), as for a shock

23 Unreliable

25 Toothbrush brand

27 Myron Ullman was CEO of this venerable retailer twice (2004–11 and 2013–15)

29 Decorative container

32 Punjabi prince

35 Stare rudely at

36 Machine part

37 ___ Wagner Tonight (MSNBC show)

38 Like Taos and Sedona

40 “Let me see if I’m hearing you right...”

41 Neither here ___ there

42 ___ bowl (fruity breakfast)

43 Church sections

44 Olaf Scholz’s nat.

45 Steve Ells founded this restaurant chain; between 2006 and 2016 he became its CEO, then co-CEO, then CEO again

48 Civil war–ravaged nation

50 Gym member’s concern

54 Mansfield or Meadows 56 Put off

58 Hotel amenity

59 Nest-egg funds

60 He was Twitter’s CEO from 2006 to 2008, and then again from 2015 to 2021

62 List of dishes

63 Nebraska county named for a tribe

64 Cobra shapes

65 Herb used in saltimbocca

66 Tough to catch, as a certain fish

67 Prepared for prayer

DOWN

1 Break down, as a sentence

2 Love, in Lyon

3 Yam or potato, e.g.

4 Suffix with Siam

5 Prepare to go jogging

6 Title for Harry or William

7 ___-to-riches story

8 Bartender’s instrument

9 One older than a Millennial

10 Danger

11 Howard Schultz built this company, then left its CEO job twice and returned to it twice, most recently in April 2022

12 Volleyball surface

13 Shaming syllables

18 Odyssey

22 “What’s Going On” singer Marvin

24 Cleaner brand

26 Count (on)

28 Payback for rude service

30 Wine with an accent mark

31 Socially aware gps.

32 Sounded, as wind chimes

33 Hand-lotion ingredient

34 Yahoo! co-founder and former “Chief Yahoo” who returned in 2008 to the lead the company again, as CEO, with mixed results

38 Feel it after the gym

39 Fallback plan for inclement weather

40 Start taking customers

42 High point

43 Pavement or Oasis genre

46 Bad way to sing

47 All even

49 Follow

51 Nail polish brand

52 Witch’s weapon

53 “And not a maiden, as thou ___ he is”: The Taming of the Shrew

54 Carrey and Cramer, for two

55 Part of town

57 Coll. major for an environmentalist

60 Rogan or Alwyn

61 Florida Gov. DeSantis