LIFE / CULTURE
Crossword for teabreak
Crossword
Published: Jan 20, 2021 07:13 PM

Puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Hit the baseball hard

  6 Degree after an M.A., often

  9 Purse fastener

 14 Clear, as browser history

 15 Rogers on horseback

 16 Fried Hanukkah treat

 17 *What you may adjust your watch to after a flight

 19 Was down with a bug

 20 Pitch black

 21 Number of Astros' World Series titles

 22 (How dare you!)

 23 Title for Ian McKellen

 24 *Anonymous gift giver

 28 Fragrant Chinese blossom

 30 Pony up

 31 Pewter metal

 32 Red carpet figure

 33 Nervous twitch

 34 Diplomatic success

 35 *Soda with emojis on its bottles

 39 Synagogue cabinets

 42 Down with a bug

 43 Verdi opera set in Egypt

 46 Prefix for "political" or "thermal"

 47 Single-stranded genetic mol.

 48 Crooner Tony

 51 *"TRON: Legacy" co-star

 54 "That hits the spot!"

 55 Hairy jungle swingers

 56 Made holes

 57 Head light?

 58 Birth announcement bird

 59 Alan of Federal Reserve fame, or a hint to the hues that bookend the starred answers

 61 All keyed up

 62 Prefix for "service"

 63 "Daily Planet" reporter Kent

 64 Stated further

 65 "Gangnam Style" singer

 66 Uses Dollar, say

DOWN

  1 Offer an unsold item on eBay again

  2 O. Henry plot devices

  3 Hoarder

  4 "By Jove!"

  5 ___ Aviv

  6 Britain's William or Harry

  7 Simpson who says "D'oh!"

  8 Turn red, maybe

  9 Like a gracious loser

 10 Boxer Ali who retired undefeated

 11 Georgia's largest city

 12 Doubting Thomas

 13 ___ XING (street sign)

 18 Wing tips' tips

 24 Like a poor loser

 25 Grand in scale

 26 Food in a shell

 27 Little crawler

 29 Knocks hard

 33 Up to, briefly

 34 Icy Hot target

 36 ___ colada

 37 Cabbage side dish

 38 Bowling alley division

 39 Before now

 40 Like brothers and sisters

 41 Zen garden feature with fish

 44 Emotionless humor type

 45 Deep down

 47 Gambled

 48 Like B.B. King's music

 49 Small lead

 50 "Much obliged!"

 52 Limerick, e.g.

 53 Elba of "Thor: Ragnarok"

 57 Tropical vacation spot

 58 Metro stop: Abbr.

 59 Macroeconomics stat.

 60 Big ATM maker

Solution