Dayton Daily News

DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Vehicle not allowed in Venice 4 Museum piece 9 Relax in a tub 13 Mineral deposit 14 __ acid

15 “More or less” 16 Put money (on) 17 Vocalist who expresses unrequited love 19 Skin bump

21 In first place 22 Letters on tubes

of toothpaste 23 Pencil end 26 “And that’s final!” 28 Early sci-fi

adventure hero 31 Bring on board 32 Mil. rank 33 Anchor a boat 34 “__ your age!” 35 Hockey feats 39 Madrid Mrs. 41 Previously 42 Franchise that includes “Iron Man” and “WandaVisio­n,” for short

45 Chimney dust 46 Cocktail makers 49 Petitions to a higher court 51 Workplace for a forensic scientist 52 Uno e due 53 Vision-correcting surgery

56 Barest trace

57 Kill a few hours, and an apt title for this puzzle? 61 “Couples Therapy” network, for short

62 Grammy winner Baker

63 BBC airer, familiarly

64 Spanish for

“to be”

65 Award for

“Hadestown” 66 Sign of fire 67 Museum

pieces

DOWN

1 Spider traps 2 Partial floor covering

3 Take back, as a statement 4 Rodent in the Vietnamese zodiac 5 Introspect­ive music genre 6 Turkish currency 7 Move very slowly 8 Joint inheritor 9 Cain, to Adam 10 Common label at Whole Foods 11 Humbly accepted blame

12 Martial art developed in Okinawa 15 Steamed vegetables, e.g. 18 __ Club:

Costco rival 20 Sound of disapprova­l 24 Humorist Bombeck

25 Daikon or beet 27 Cries of discovery 29 Understood

30 Misspellin­g, e.g. 35 Dislike intensely 36 Tattoo artist’s supply

37 Looped in on an email 38 Enthusiast­ic 39 Opera diva, usually 40 Successful­ly entices 42 “Bridesmaid­s” actress McCarthy 43 Uninvited party guest

44 Spot for a flash drive

45 Made no changes 46 Ho-hum

47 Desirable traits

48 “__ Patrol”: animated series with dogs in uniform 50 Ski resort near Snowbird 54 To-do list entry 55 Metric weight 58 Trough locale 59 “I have a dream” monogram

60 Place for winged liner