Crossword No. 701: Savor the Victory

ACROSS

1 River floaters

6 “Ta-ta for now”

11 “There’s an ___ for that”

14 Phrase often lost in translation

15 Use scissors on

16 Kung ___ chicken

17 The 2023 James Beard Awards were announced on June 5; Outstanding Bakery went to Kansas City’s Yoli ___; ¡Que rico!

19 One of 10 toppled by a strike

20 Bodily sestet

21 A long way from outstanding

22 She sang “I Will Always Love You” before Whitney

24 One of the Barrymores 26 Michigan, Malawi, or Manitoba

27 Outstanding Chef went to Rob Rubba of this repetitively named Washington, D.C., seafood spot

33 Scraping tools

36 Corner-office types

37 Animated movie set in Brazil

38 Mars, to Greeks

39 Vanzetti’s co-defendant

40 Be flexible

41 The year 1900

42 Captain’s command

43 Peanut butter cup creator

44 This city had a good night, with Friday Saturday Sunday winning Outstanding Restaurant and

Ellen Yin of Fork winning Outstanding Restaurateur

47 ___ flat (get back on the road)

48 Normal

51 Country on Hispaniola

53 Author Calvino

56 Soccer star Hamm

58 ___ Arbor, Mich.

59 L.A.’s Margarita Manzke won Best Pastry Chef partly for these creations, inspired by her native Philippines

62 Once ___ lifetime

63 Beautify

64 Forum duds

65 Bad, in Bordeaux

66 ___ box (Japanese lunch)

67 Wordplay fans will appreciate this palindromic L.A. spot winning Outstanding Wine Program

DOWN

1 “Lovely ___” (Sgt. Pepper song)

2 Building bricks

3 Gold medalist’s place

4 Alternative to a fry or wedge

5 Happy-face stickers

6 Org. with a Statue of Liberty logo

7 Club members pay them

8 Coy reply to a compliment

9 “Non” opposite

10 Relaxing breaks

11 It provides housing for worms

12 Beach container

13 Mail-delivery worker of yore

18 Online chuckles

23 Gives a thumbs-up to

25 Beer ingredient

26 Crazy, in Chihuahua

28 Mock

29 Do very well 30 Summarize

31 One of the Austrians

32 Used a bus

33 Way onto the highway

34 St. Louis attraction

35 Round of 4

39 Pop

40 One of the Bridges

42 Hailed ride

43 Rice dish

45 Ignited

46 Netflix competitor

49 Chum

50 Have a location of

51 Sisters band touring with Taylor Swift

52 Con artist Delvey

53 Desktop image

54 Actionable wrong, in law

55 Part of A.D.

57 “___ often happens...”

60 Lines that praise

61 “Weed”