Crossword

ACROSS

1 “How tragic” 6 Cent 11 Gender-neutral

German article 14 Food safety

concern

15 Infer

16 Foot part 17 *Another thing

altogether 20 Annual presidential speech, for short

21 Maker of Simply Radishing and Can’t Be Beet! nail polish 22 Sunburn soother 23 Chain reaction

component 26 Restroom, to a

Brit

27 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame architect 30 *William S.

Burroughs novel 35 Pad thai strand 37 One-line rave on

movie posters 38 __ Angeles

Kings

39 Medium for many homemade cards 42 Chapped,

maybe 43 Remains calm 46 Interstate through Chicago 49 *Background sound that may be a sleep aid 52 High-IQ group 53 “__ Lasso” 54 Doodads 56 Pseudonym 60 Org. headed by Michael S. Regan 61 Wooden barrel 65 Ice-breaker activity involving three claims, or what the starts of the answers to the starred clues literally are 68 Hardens 69 Sports data 70 “Assuming there is one” 71 “Black-ish” role 72 Generational tales

73 Trait carriers

DOWN

1 Wraps (up) 2 Cuatro x dos 3 Flue residue 4 Slyly referred (to)

5 Feminine German article 6 Peek through shutters, say 7 Holly’s “Raising Arizona” role 8 Much-used pencil

9 March Madness gp. 10 Holler 11 International reality show that inspired “Shark Tank”

12 Pinnacle 13 Writer

Silverstein 16 Get too old

18 __ de plume

19 Lounges around 24 Cruet contents 25 Just so-so

27 Spouse’s kin 28 Scrounging

sort

29 Sticky reminder 31 Genre associated with black eyeliner 32 Country duo

Brooks & __ 33 “Two mints in

one” mint 34 2003 Outkast

hit

36 Business maj. 40 Milne joey 41 Sacha Baron

Cohen persona 44 Artery inserts 45 Fragrant wood

47 “If u ask me ...” 48 Brand that had instant success? 50 Afternoon nap 51 Toll-paying

convenience 55 “Wow” 56 Survivor’s

struggle, briefly 57 Carafe kin

58 No __, no fuss 59 Jazz legend

James

62 Actor Rickman 63 __ wave

64 Types (in) 66 Folklore

crone

67 Use a trowel