Crossword Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 It’s black on one side and white on the other, in Othello

5 Scratchy voice

9 Trailhead displays

13 Snack item that might be twisted or dunked

14 Casino buy-in

15 Holder of keys,

phone and IDs

16 Lisa with the 1994 #1 hit “Stay (I Missed You)”

17 City in

Normandy

18 Things that

thinkers think of

19 T or F, e.g.

20 Business review

site

21 Go over again,

as plans

22 Soda can

opener

24 Chimichurri or

hollandaise 26 Stuck-up

27 Like a weedy

garden, perhaps

31 Key above Caps

Lock

32 Stock launches,

in brief

33 ___ Culbertson, member of the contract bridge hall of fame

34 Word before firma or incognita

36 Doze (off)

37 Mac maker

39 Post-O.R. locale

40 Magical writing, as in Dungeons & Dragons Rock’s ___ Fighters

Big name in electric toothbrushes Li’l slip

Lets the tears flow 41 42

45 48 49 Wining and

dining, say

50 Like some volleyballs and hair

53 Fellow,

informally

55 Road gunk … or, when doubled, tooth gunk

56 Borden Dairy

cow

57 Country between Thailand and Vietnam

58 Aura

59 Wasn’t well

60 Luxury hotel

chain

61 Not worth having,

as an argument

62 Butt

63 Try the patience

of

64 “Need You Tonight” band, 1987 1

DOWN Practice swimming

2 Like some T-shirt

graphics

3 Line from “Dick and Jane” readers Inner ear?

4 5 Fly past 6

Meticulous to a fault

7 Improves to meet a challenge … or a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters

PUZZLE BY ASHLEIGH SILVEIRA AND NICK SHEPHARD

9 Toledo minorleaguer, named for a marsh bird

10 Word before 51

or rug

11 Educational

promos, in brief

12 Meeting,

informally

15 Jigsaw item

20 “___ dabba doo!”

21 They’re hard to

get out of

23 Lift on a ski slope

25 Battery end 28 Testimony under

oath

29 Loss leader?

30 Henna, e.g.

32 Harden (to)

34 “___ but a

scratch!”

35 Green prefix

37 In progress

38 The fuzz

40 Antipest spray

43 More “ew”inducing

44 Belief system 45 Takes responsibility for a mistake

46 How breakfast cereal is usually packaged

47 Heron varieties

50 Scorch on a grill

51 Ballet dip

52 Cuba, por

ejemplo

54 Periods longer

than eras

57 Place to park

58 Keydets’ sch.