DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Taiwanese

bubble tea 5 Yawn-inducing 10 Dull pain 14 Racetrack shape 15 Fruit whose oil is

used in cooking 16 Onetime Ralston cereal now owned by General Mills 17 Wine lover’s

prefix 18 Nine-piece combo 19 U. of Maryland

athlete

20 Like civilizations that antedate written records 23 Pigeon sound 24 “SNL” alum

Gasteyer 25 Armored vehicle

27 Tres menos uno 30 Pop singer’s list of

recordings, e.g. 36 Traditional piano

key wood

38 Root for a luau 39 Pâté de __ gras 40 Covert ops outfit 41 “Chopsticks __

fork?”

42 Fey with nine

Emmys

43 Part of BSA: Abbr. 44 Ponder (over) 45 Hunger signs

that hurt 46 Sourced locally,

as a menu 49 Vietnamese

New Year 50 Articulated

51 Tiny colonist 53 Reggae relative 55 Subtle element in a success story ... and what’s revealed by each set of circles 62 Unseating plan? 64 Avoid, as duty

65 Broadway event 66 Adept

67 One of the senses 68 Joint above the

ankle

69 Greek B 70 “Oof!”

71 Abel and Cain, to Adam and Eve

DOWN

1 Cutesy nose-poke

word 2 Mind-matter link 3 Scourge 4 Hawaiian

greeting

5 Dwarf planting 6 Very much

7 Barcelona boy 8 Declare

9 “Time to stop

obsessing on this” 10 Play a part (in) 11 Official inspection

spot

12 One who comes

to the rescue 13 Montreal MLBER

before 2005 21 “500” race,

familiarly 22 Automobile 26 Tripartite commerce pact acronym 27 Pre-bedtime

coffee, often

28 President with degrees from Columbia and Harvard 29 Diver’s rotation 31 Dark beer 32 Diane’s “Cheers” co-server 33 Colgate rival 34 Depend (on) 35 Brewery need 37 __ Rae, Sally Field role

44 “Aw shucks” quality 45 Writers’ tools

47 Apt “it’s”

anagram 48 Hanukkah

pancakes

52 Duties

53 Wound cover 54 Asian beef city 56 Indian spiced tea

57 Take a chance on 58 Art deco artist 59 “Hmm ... doubt it” 60 Ethan or Joel

of film

61 Fleecy females 63 Podded plant

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