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BestCrosswords.com - "New Days #53" by Jim Lake on 2/26/2026 [easy]
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Across
1- Passing craze; 4- Fiction's opposite; 8- Billiards relative; 12- After-bath wear; 13- Cousin of a bassoon; 14- Microphone's pickup; 16- Kind of exam; 17- Attention-getter; 18- Thunder and lightning event; 19- Desert refuge; 21- French summers; 23- Pull with difficulty; 24- Hair coloring; 25- Deep desires; 27- ET's ride; 29- Picnic pest; 30- Denotes three; 31- Bowler, e.g.; 34- Kidnap; 37- Attendee; 38- "Xanadu" grp.; 39- Run-down neighbourhood; 40- Go kaput; 41- Hence; 42- "... think, therefore ____" (Descartes)(2 wds); 43- Prudish person; 45- Symphony crasher?; 47- Triumphant cry; 48- Skirt's edge; 49- Jacket; 50- Coal container; 51- Poverty-stricken; 52- ___ constrictor; 55- Tramp; 58- Be compliant; 60- Curtain mover; 62- Radiant; 64- ____ and board; 66- Director Preminger; 67- A deadly sin; 68- Dead against; 69- Throat-clearing sound; 70- Sound in a cave; 71- Ogled; 72- Blokes;
 
Down
1- Sudden short attack; 2- Humiliate; 3- BLT seller; 4- Dandy; 5- Part of AWOL; 6- Is priced at; 7- Head, in French; 8- Faux ___; 9- Perform better than; 10- Scent; 11- Old Italian money; 12- Crucifix; 15- Texter's "Yikes!"; 20- In ____ (attuned); 22- Without a doubt; 26- Have a bite; 28- Coniferous tree; 29- Chewing ____; 30- Bunion's place; 31- Basil, e.g.; 32- Pond organism; 33- Hammer or wrench; 34- Where China is; 35- Ho-hum; 36- Russian parliament; 37- Band booking; 40- Headlight setting; 41- Ambulance V.I.P.; 43- ___ Beta Kappa; 44- Where Johnny Cash shot a man, in song; 45- Dove's sound; 46- 36-inch measure; 49- Prairie wolf; 50- Toll collector's enclosure; 51- Showy garden flower; 52- Wash oneself; 53- Frequently; 54- Wee energy source; 55- Possesses; 56- Eye amorously; 57- Voting group; 59- Scottish hillside; 61- Meander; 63- One of the five W's; 65- Prefix meaning "central";