Monday June 10, 2024

Across:

1. Taj Mahal city: AGRA.

5. Hors d'oeuvres spread: PATE.

9. Type of ski lift: TBAR.

13. Greet the day: ARISE.

15. Clever thought: IDEA.

16. Cogito __ sum: ERGO.

Your brain at Lizard's Mouth

17. Low-slung jeans: HIPHUGGERS.

19. Semimonthly tide: NEAP.

20. Hit the gas: SPEEDUP.

21. Term of endearment: PETNAME.

23. Mega Stuf cookie: OREO.

25. Helped out: AIDED.

26. 1993 film about the Olympic bobsled team from Jamaica: COOLRUNNINGS.

32. "Just Mercy" actor __ Jackson Jr.: OSHEA.

33. __ leches cake: TRES.

34. Quiet "Quiet!": SHH.

37. Landed on a perch: ALIT.

38. "The Road Not Taken" poet Robert: FROST.

40. Clever tactic: PLOY.

41. Brit's washroom: LOO.

42. Get ready, for short: PREP.

43. Within the __ of possibility: REALM.

44. Magazine with tips and techniques for anglers: FLYFISHERMAN.

47. "I feel the same": METOO.

50. Some 30-Down employees: Abbr.: CPAS.

51. Like some sandals: OPENTOE.

54. Up for discussion: ATISSUE.

59. N, on a French map: NORD.

60. New beginning, and a feature of 17-, 26-, and 44-Across: FRESHSTART.

62. Beige hue: ECRU.

63. Mattress specification: FIRM.

64. Dramatic ballroom dance: TANGO.

65. Quaker's "you": THEE.

66. Sail the seven __: SEAS.

67. Adolescent: TEEN.

Down:
1. Spa sounds: AAHS.

2. Subject of a basic golf lesson: GRIP.

3. Like a fragrant melon: RIPE.

4. Wimbledon winner Arthur: ASHE.

5. "Peanuts" character in a cloud of dirt: PIGPEN.

6. Suffix with lemon and Gator: ADE.

7. Maryland athlete, for short: TERP.

8. Reduce, as anxiety: EASE.

9. Sport for 4-Down: TENNIS.

10. Sourdough or rye: BREAD.

11. Best competitive effort, informally: AGAME.

12. Cordoned (off): ROPED.

14. Pulitzer-winning novelist Welty: EUDORA.

18. Hindu spiritual mentor: GURU.

22. Identifies on social media: TAGS.

24. Pertinent to the discussion: ONTOPIC.

26. Mined fuel: COAL.

27. Norway home of the Munch Museum: OSLO.

28. Cleveland's state: OHIO.

29. Allow: LET.

30. Tax-collecting org.: IRS.

31. After expenses: NET.

34. Bang shut: SLAM.

35. "Hi, amiga!": HOLA.

36. Church choir song: HYMN.

38. Cook in a wok: FRY.

39. NFL official: REF.

40. Part of mph: PER.

42. Parcel of land: PLOT.

43. Fight against: RESIST.

44. Dish with melted cheese or chocolate: FONDUE.

45. Muscle cramps, e.g.: SPASMS.

46. Owns, biblically: HATH.

47. Impressionist painter Claude: MONET.

48. Noteworthy time period: EPOCH.

49. Pied-à-__: secondary residence: TERRE.

52. Trade-__: concessions: OFFS.

53. Cleveland's lake: ERIE.

55. Sports page datum, for short: STAT.

56. Of sound mind: SANE.

57. Encourage: URGE.

58. School near Windsor Castle: ETON.

61. Noteworthy time period: ERA.