Crossword No. 688: Speaking Youth to Power

ACROSS

1 St. ___ fire (weather phenomenon)

6 Bitter drink

9 Star Wars director 14 Find out something new

15 Keep ‘em in stitches? 16 To any degree

17 Former Boy Meets World child star who announced his intention last week to run for Adam Schiff’s seat in Congress 19 Trifling

20 “___ was trying to say...”

21 Layer, as of a paper towel

22 2016 rival of Hillary 23 He played Potsie on Happy Days—and ran for mayor of Ojai, Calif., in 2022, losing by 42 votes

27 Marathon, e.g.

29 Hey everyone—come and see how ___ look! (Anchorman line) 30 Butter amount

31 Tequila source 33 Slightly, casually

36 With 39-Across, Little House on the Prairie actress who ran for a congressional seat in Michigan in 2016

39 See 36-Across

43 Picante

45 Steph Curry’s mom 46 Part of a play

49 The ones right here 52 Thing

53 1930s child star who in the 1970s became U.S. ambassador to Ghana and, later, Czechoslovakia

57 World ___

58 T-shirt sizes, briefly 59 A grand slam earns four in this stat line 62 Remove all trace of 63 He was a runner-up on American Idol in 2003; in 2014 he won the Democratic primary for a U.S. House seat in North Carolina 66 One-___ (like crushing victories)

67 Food sometimes honey-baked

68 Has to have

69 Mystical types 70 Firefighting equipment 71 Romantic meeting

DOWN

1 Island of Napoleon’s exile

2 Remick and Trevino, for two

3 Crazed

4 Where surgeons work (abbr.)

5 Ginger ___ (cookies) 6 Words from someone voting against

7 Place to hang a coat 8 Amazement

9 Corsage spot

10 Wombs

11 Forty winks

12 Nissan sedan

13 Most fox-like

18 Filmed journal 22 Pancakes of eastern Europe

24 St. Kitts and ___ (Caribbean nation) 25 Stir-fry pan

26 “Gotcha,” in the ‘60s 27 He says “baa”

28 Number of birthdays you’ve had

32 Spooky claim

34 Data transfers to a laptop, casually 35 Bubbling over, as a pot on the stove 37 Locations

38 Feeling yesterday’s marathon

40 It’s big on a laptop 41 Reuben bread

42 Scottish cap

44 Up to now

46 Look over

47 “My ___ Amour” (Stevie Wonder hit) 48 Rant

50 Bagel option

51 One of Tyne Daly’s six 54 Late ___ (snoozing type)

55 U.K. university city

56 Put into the ground 60 Flowers’ places

61 Part of MIT

63 Half a dance

64 Airport for movie stars 65 Suffix with hotel or cloth