PAYBACKS
ACROSS
1 Have a heated discussion
6 Competitor of Dell and HP
10 Blue-green shade
14 Butter maker’s device
15 Be on the short end 16 Job level, metaphorically 17 Good eater’s attribute
20 Orange vegetable
21 Corrosion on chrome
22 Telescope support
23 Traffic report topics
24 Beknighted men
25 It’s donned in a Christmas song
29 Catches some rays
33 Acts the flunky
34 Cooler filler
35 Put salsa on, say
36 Cousins of berets
37 Playful taunts
39 Strauss of denim
40 Play for a sap
41 Delivery to a smelter
42 Cathedral city on the Seine
43 Teller’s talkative partner
45 Sweet treat on a stick
48 Symbols of durability
50 Count at the gym
51 Cigar store cheapie
54 Sargasso and Ross
55 Third word of many limericks
58 High-priced rental
61 “That’s highly doubtful!”
62 Clinic procedure
63 Venue with skyboxes
64 Rotten reviews
65 Declare to be “fake news”
66 Reach peak flavor
DOWN
1 Like overworked muscles 2 Perlman of “Cheers” 3 “Where America’s Day Begins” island
4 Bookmarked site, briefly
5 Lures into crime 6 Milano of “Insatiable” 7 Mackinaw or mackintosh 8 Paranormal power, for short 9 Dinosaurs, e.g. 10 Gallery exhibitor 11 Comment from Colbert
12 Bible preposition 13 Like a centenarian 18 Dromedary’s singular feature 19 Make a wild throw, say
23 Birds with raucous calls
24 Dissenting religious group
25 Responded to reveille
26 Bring shame to
27 Trump travel ban land
28 Like a wellprepared souffle
30 Enjoyed thoroughly
31 Many a Kindle download 32 Chiropractor’s focus 37 Jostled, as for position
38 History book chapters
39 Removes, as branches
42 Ice Cube or Ice-T
44 Coward’s attribute
46 Lost in thought
47 Diary duration, perhaps
49 Scuba diver’s supply
51 Long undergarment
52 Oompah band need 53 Bovine draft animals
54 Bridge’s length
55 Show sorrow, perhaps
56 Rice of gothic fiction
57 Laurel of old-time comedies
59 Drop from the staff
60 Radiologist’s test, briefly