CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Across

1 “The Fox and the __” 6 “My gal” of song 9 Sharply bitter

14 Former anesthetic 15 Weep

16 Overused, as an expression

17 *Source of endless funds

19 Moon-related 20 Vietnamese soup 21 Tehran’s country 22 Irritating inconvenience

23 *“Peter Pan” pirate 25 Thumbed (through), as a book

29 Catch on to

30 Spanish “other” 31 “What __ can I say?” 34 Newsletter edition 39 *Pre-employment screening process 42 “Straight Outta Compton” actor __ Jackson Jr.

43 French head

44 French fashion magazine

45 “I smell a __!”

47 Some electric cars 49 *Suspenseful ending to a series 55 Noodle dish

56 West Coast gas brand 57 Atlas page

60 Tequila plant 61 Features of some formal jackets, and what the ends of the answers to the starred clues literally are

63 Spinal Tap guitarist Tufnel

64 Energize, with “up” 65 Cruise stopovers 66 Bergen’s dummy Mortimer

67 Dessert choice

68 Toy holder

Down

1 Natural rope fiber 2 Texter’s “Although ... ” 3 “Yeah, I’ll pass”

4 Word before a maiden name

5 Cold packing material for shipping fish

6 Part of a quilter’s fabric supply

7 “__ you clever!” 8 Strong cleanser

9 __ City: New Jersey resort town

10 Puppy love

11 Classic detergent brand

12 Author Calvino

13 Hall of Fame shortstop Jeter

18 __ Joe’s: food store chain

22 Quaint “Shake a leg” 24 Writer’s representative

25 Rebecca in the Basketball Hall of Fame

26 Flight sked info

27 St. Louis landmark 28 Counterfeit

32 Great deal of, slangily 33 Mystery novelist Grafton

35 Tom Jones’s “__ a Lady”

36 Exchange for cash 37 Golden State sch. 38 Barely gets (by) 40 Comic strip cat 41 Catch a scent of 46 “Kung Fu” actor Philip 48 Like some R-rated films

49 Families

50 Enter a password, say 51 Picture

52 High temperature 53 Actress Watts 54 Wine fruit 57 Odometer unit

58 Pub orders 59 Discreet summons 61 Ballplayer’s hat 62 Firepit residue