Crossword

DIVERSIONS CROSSWORD BIG BOX STORES

By Brendan Emmett Quigley

Across 1. First two letters of AFAIK 6. Three-part shot given to kids, for short 9. Ecce ___ 13. Home to the National Voting Rights Museum 14. Coinbase’s was on April 14, 2021 15. Sparkle with morning moisture 16. Steve of 60 Minutes 17. Tools to make béchamel and Bordelaise 19. Hand sanitizer targets 20. Weird weather pattern creator 21. See 44 across 22. Be in the red 24. Dunking legend 25. Burger topping 28. Fun run 30. Port on some TVs 32. “Just Right” sloganeer 34. Wire letters 36. Organism that retains its shape as it grows 38. Systems of transactions made in cryptocurrency spread through a network, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme 40. Singular their 42. Boom tube? 43. Deliberately leaves out 44. With 21 across, every last person 46. Work units 50. It’ll leave a mark 51. Xi Jinping’s grp. 53. Campfire waste 55. ___ y plata 56. Prepares oysters 58. Rite site 60. Completely forgot to do something 63. Early word processor? 64. Things placed by a recording engineer 65. Underground metal 66. Waft of smoke 67. X-ray blocker 68. Future capts. 69. Movie with a saloon fight, likely

Down 1. Seek help from above 2. Rival for Naomi and Simona 3. Dolphins head coach Brian 4. Bands on the radio 5. Midnight Cowboy nickname 6. Conned 7. Org. assigning PGs and Gs 8. Like an oval 9. Kind of air filter 10. Deep Space Nine changeling 11. Opera house, for short 12. Cries while wincing 15. Composer Britten 18. Diam. x pi 23. Choice question 25. Anvil spots 26. Initials for a country’s output 27. “Not this again!” 29. Monsieur ___ (Jacques Tati role) 31. Millionths of a meter 33. Three-card game 35. Some sports cars 37. Swear words 38. Battleship guess 39. “Relax” 40. Small jump 41. Chat room qualifier 45. Hindu groups 47. Cheap booze 48. Gleaming the Cube director ___ Clifford 49. Postal worker who goes through your mail 52. Cow’s mouthful 54. Oprah’s production house 56. Google Calendar page, for short 57. Singersongwriter Vile 59. The “she” in the 1970 song lyric “She walked up to me and she asked me to dance” 60. “Things can’t get any worse, and yet here we are!,” initially 61. Golf ball location 62. Going by