Crossword No. 697: The Show Mustn’t Go On

ACROSS

1 ___ Apso (dog breed)

6 Facebook’s parent company

10 Fellow

14 Leader of monks

15 Part of UAE

16 Find contemptible 17 Country star Morgan Wallen postponed six weeks of concerts on May 9, explaining that he’d injured these very-important-for-asinger body parts

19 Give off, as light 20 Second Tonight Show host

21 Gives credence (to) 23 Aggravate 26 2% alternative

28 Salazar or Parks

29 “Now it makes sense” 31 Interrupted, as a dreamer

35 Sporting goods chain 36 Ballerina’s quality

37 Pal of Eminem

38 Like a cartoonist’s fingers, maybe

39 See 39-Down

40 Hit, as a fly

41 Turndowns

42 Amassed, as a bar tab

43 Sweeten the pot 44 Widely respected 46 It involves a lot of kicking and screaming 47 Maker of the Q7 SUV 48 Cotton ___ (Q-tip)

50 Day 24ths, briefly

51 Creator of the White Rabbit

54 Tesla name

56 High voice

57 The Chinese government canceled several shows by Western artists after Icelandic star Björk shouted this after a 2008 concert in Beijing 62 Circumstance’s partner 63 “Fine, we’ll do it your way”

64 Excluding nothing 65 Eyelid problem

66 The latest

67 Last ___ Standing

DOWN

1 Bathroom, casually

2 Succession airer

3 Opening trio

4 Dove, for example

5 Books with inlets and insets

6 New Zealand language 7 Go astray

8 “And there you have it!”

9 Like some art

10 You smile when you say it

11 Neil Young canceled his entire 1997 European tour after slicing open a finger while preparing this common lunch food 12 Toiling away

13 Water bowl drinkers 18 Sliced dessert

22 Smoke a joint

23 Element No. 53 24 Thick-skinned animals 25 With 39-Across: Mötley Crüe canceled its 1988 U.K. tour after guitarist Nikki Sixx was declared dead in Los Angeles from a heroin overdose; an alert medic revived him, and Sixx later wrote this hit song about the incident 27 Aims to plunder

30 Blue expanse 32 Disfigure

33 Chalkboard accessory 34 Discourages

36 Trait influencer 39 Musical with a duel 40 ___ fly (RBI earner) 42 Give a makeover to 43 Unthinking

45 Home to Belfast and Bucharest

46 Crystals on fries 49 Fortnight halves

51 D.C. hockey team 52 More than expected 53 Dig

55 Boy, in Barcelona 58 React to applause 59 Emeril Lagasse exclamation

60 Wallach in The Magnificent Seven 61 Healing affection