Across
1. Hoops assist
5. Big boom maker
10. Close the gap
14. British prep school
15. Relating to the ear
16. Cryptocurrency whose name is a numeric prefix
17. Area for hammers?
19. Safe boats
20. Supper club, maybe?
21. Trashy-news site
22. Olive-skinned
24. Talk Like A Pirate Day chortle
26. Not much to look at
27. Expel a cupcake?
33. Noble gas
36. Gather some wool
37. Short person’s note
38. Sole problem
39. Go “pop”
40. “Didn’t hurt a bit”
41. “Much ___ About Mousing” (“Tom and Jerry” cartoon)
42. Clears a level?
43. Mini calendars
44. Ursine caution?
47. “American Horror Story” rating
48. Spouts off
52. Visits
55. Sober ___ judge
56. Writer / comedian Peyser
57. Hot rock
58. Bit of holly used in a bartender’s drink?
61. ASUS rival
62. What verbs and nouns must do
63. Mario ___
64. It’s a job
65. Hourglass figures?
66. Eithne Bhraonáin’s stage name
Down
1. “Insatiable” star ______ Ryan
2. Literary Calvino
3. It goes on for weeks
4. Liberal arts subj.
5. “Rick and Morty” creator Dan
6. Word on the street
7. Spaniard’s gold
8. Staffs
9. Unleashed anger towards someone
10. Lip-curling faces
11. “Let’s start drinking!”
12. Egyptian cross
13. Prying
18. Actor Suplee
23. Gelatinlike base
25. Clarinet’s cousin
28. Japanese truck maker
29. Really play the guitar
30. Frankfurt’s state
31. Christian cross
32. Some laughs
33. Literary skipper
34. Took an Uber
35. Rub in
39. He was crucified beside Jesus
40. Its catalog has more copies printed annually than the Bible
42. Vinyl label nos.
43. “Beat it”
45. Place to leave one’s home for a while?
46. Nibbles
49. Houston resident
50. Each possible
51. “Always Comfortable” sloganeer
52. Picnic tubful
53. Snack served with cabbage, maybe
54. In which you might assume the position
55. Improved, as cheese
59. Coffee holder
60. Men’s name that’s is 75% of 40-Down
