CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Across

1 CIO partner

4 Mosey

9 Literary musketeer 14 Natori Feathers undergarment

15 “Ta-da!”

16 __ Island

17 Life, for one

19 Concur

20 Fashion magazine that’s also a French pronoun

21 Reuben bread 22 Softball stat 23 Thailand, once 24 “Same here”

26 Toy company based in Billund, Denmark 29 Garlicky dish

31 Ocho menos seis 32 Jazz style

33 Solar wind particle 34 Christmas __ 35 Hideout

36 Serranos, e.g.

40 More than willing 42 __ Kong

43 Courses for coll. credit 45 Formerly, in bios 46 Petrol brand

47 Issa of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” 48 Olympian’s violation 52 Utah’s Capitol __ National Park

53 Water bill basis

55 Sci. that studies biodiversity

56 __ egg: vegan baking ingredient

58 Radar __

59 Silver State city 60 Blacksmith’s wear 62 Bit of Valentine’s decor

64 Snuck

65 Whereas, briefly 66 Canberra sch.

67 Place to have reservations

68 Camera option

69 Rep. group

Down

1 Convent leader

2 Cavort

3 Playmate of Tinky Winky, Dipsy, and Po 4 Verb on a dipstick 5 *Possible symptom before a bad headache 6 Annual milestones, briefly

7 Tart citrus drink 8 Summer in Monaco 9 Many a Yemeni 10 *Quick-to-wake sorts 11 Early rail transportation

12 Amanda Gorman’s “__ to Our Ocean”

13 “Catch my drift?” 18 *Small sign that things will improve

22 *Morning exhortation 25 “Get out of the way!” 27 Pace

28 Other, in Mazatlán 30 Taro dish

36 “If I Could Turn Back Time” singer

37 Spigot attachment 38 Away from prying eyes

39 Beauty spots? 41 Logical start?

44 Bird that cries “Mine! Mine! Mine!” in “Finding Nemo”

49 Sprain treatment 50 “You’re doing it all wrong!”

51 Positive personal transformation, in slang, and what the answer to each starred clue literally has?

54 Sanjay of CNN

57 Like some LAX flights 60 German “Drat!” 61 Whiz 62 Half-__: coffee spec 63 [Head slap]