Across
- 2. Kris Kringle squeeze?
- 9. “Weather’s nice,” “See the game last night?”, etc.
- 12. Wannabe assassin thought shooting Reagan would impress her?
- 13. You won’t be crying if you have one of these autos
- 16. De-wrinkling brand
- 17. “Man's best friend”
- 18. You might get one “just for calling!”
- 19. Bankrupted carrier
- 20. Batteries, usually
- 22. Drive-ins?
- 23. Without “New,” an English Channel island
- 24. Team of an “immunized” player?
- 28. It may be part of a farm
- 29. Piercing ululation
- 30. Takes a knife to?
- 32. Jacob and __, from an old European cult cartoon
- 37. Lead in to popping the question: “Will you make me the __?”
- 40. It precedes an “aah”
- 42. Present tense: “He ___ El Cap today”
- 47. Sweet, perhaps overbearingly so
- 49. Snowboarding discipline
- 52. TI character, or seafood dive in the plural
- 57. Piece of skin, or dishonest contribution
- 59. Hockey player with “an office”?
- 61. It’s wasted on them, they say
- 65. Like a record, baby!
- 66. Parent’s noncommittal answer to a kid (often a rejection in disguise)
- 68. Female head of a pride
- 69. To apply corporal punishment [to], in a now-unsavoury fashion
Down
- 1. ‘66 Motown hit
- 3. They might be colored white or green instead of the typical New York yellow
- 4. They’re human rights, says an LGBTQ rallying cry
- 5. Browsers, or long-winded foreign-language plays
- 6. Word with “chicken,” “vegetable,” “and salad”
- 7. Quarter, or acclaimed ‘15 flick
- 8. Misspelled low clouds, or Maui airfield
- 10. Finland’s sexiest man alive, repeatedly
- 11. Summoning the kids when they’re in trouble?
- 14. Aussie city, near G.B.R.
- 15. Dutch city
- 21. New Deal org.
- 25. Take a load off!
- 26. Disney musical hit, or school dance theme?
- 27. Car giant, with Daimler-
- 31. Not to be found, or “Heat” abbr
- 33. To terminate employment, say
- 34. Tree, or “Athletic” abbr
- 35. Morning, but more popularly Mountain
- 36. Votes not submitted there and then?
- 38. What the twins from “The Social Network” do when not antagonizing Mark Zuckerberg
- 39. The one who claimed to have seen the promised land
- 41. The ‘08 housing crash, the rise of ISIS, healthy eating, etc.
- 42. Of the Golden State
- 43. The “root” of an issue
- 44. Recent retiree?
- 45. To set out a town or village
- 46. Oklahoman people?
- 48. Baller recently traded to 76ers (full name)
- 50. Cleaning device
- 51. Half of a musical duo, or the “immunized” player hinted at elsewhere
- 53. Also an English Channel island, it rhymes with the other one in this puzzle
- 54. Cry of self-pity!
- 55. Concealed, or ‘97 Halloween movie, or its ‘21 remake
- 56. Interjection, before being cut off
- 58. Stirring work, or Ariz. town
- 60. Stock car brotherhood
- 62. Counterculture musical
- 63. Big Sky country town, or payments owed?
- 64. Carolina college acronym
- 65. -Final, -Trailer, -Circle
- 67. Catchy tunes, or “Oil” abbr