Author:
Enrique Henestroza Anguiano
Editor:
Will Shortz
Activity tracked by the Nest or mySunPower app
Across
1
Colombian cornmeal cake : AREPA
6
“Are you sure about that?” : ISIT
10
Home to more than 20% of Nevadans, informally : VEGAS
15
Frenzied : MANIC
16
City famous for its French Quarter, familiarly : NOLA
17
Wear away : ERODE
18
Affirmative at sea : AYECAPTAIN
20
Buzz up, perhaps : LETIN
21
___’easter : NOR
22
Dish of stuffed grape leaves : DOLMA
23
Prepared for serving, as a fancy dish : PLATED
24
12 parts of a dodecagon : ANGLES
26
Hit BBC series of 1976 : ICLAUDIUS
28
Arab League country : YEMEN
30
Name that’s found in “mesmerize” : ESME
31
Person who lives next to 28-Across : SAUDI
33
12 parts of a dodecagon : EDGES
36
One supplying strong emotional support, metaphorically : ROCK
40
Tax org. : IRS
41
Award-winning Chinese artist/activist : AIWEIWEI
44
Eggs on a sushi roll : ROE
45
“Busy” ones : BEES
47
Watch brand that’s the end-all? : OMEGA
48
___-o : DADDY
50
“The Wizard of Oz” pooch : TOTO
52
New Haven collegian : YALIE
54
Bart catchphrase on “The Simpsons” : AYCARAMBA
59
What Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” and “Us” evoke : TERROR
62
Comes to realize : LEARNS
63
First noble gas, alphabetically : ARGON
65
Japanese for “yes” : HAI
66
___ Haute, Ind. : TERRE
67
Enlightening experiences … or what 18-, 26-, 41- and 54-Across have, phonetically speaking : EYEOPENERS
69
Big kitchen brand : OSTER
70
___ Hendryx, “Lady Marmalade” singer : NONA
71
DreamWorks ogre : SHREK
72
Underhanded : SHADY
73
Kind of citizenship : DUAL
74
Uses a coaster : SLEDS
Down
1
Big kitchen brand : AMANA
2
Lustrous semisynthetic fabric : RAYON
3
Activity tracked by the Nest or mySunPower app : ENERGYUSE
4
Part of an Insta feed : PIC
5
Milieu with tenure tracks : ACADEMIA
6
Like many flights to JFK and LAX: Abbr. : INTL
7
“Same here” : SOAMI
8
___ crest (place for a backpacker’s hip belt) : ILIAC
9
Shade akin to camel : TAN
10
Fine writing paper : VELLUM
11
Kindle or Nook : EREADER
12
Mob figure portrayed by Travolta in 2018 : GOTTI
13
“I bid you ___” : ADIEU
14
Dispatches : SENDS
19
Prepare to be painted, say : POSE
23
Out of fashion : PASSE
25
Spearheaded : LED
27
Wiggle room : LEEWAY
29
One attending a parenting class, maybe : NEWMOM
31
Bro or sis : SIB
32
“___ we having fun yet?” : ARE
34
Barely passing grade : DEE
35
Band’s engagement : GIG
37
Sign at a takeout counter : ORDERHERE
38
Fish oil source : COD
39
It jingles on a janitor’s ring : KEY
42
Tiny specks : IOTAS
43
Do-nothing state : IDLENESS
46
Was given first billing : STARRED
49
Lungful : AIR
51
Bad-tempered and combative : ORNERY
53
Perched upon : ATOP
54
Cher and Sade, vocally : ALTOS
55
“Come on, seriously?!” : YEESH
56
Magna ___ : CARTA
57
Louisiana waterway : BAYOU
58
Locale for gladiators : ARENA
60
Propelled a galley : OARED
61
They’re balanced against possible rewards : RISKS
64
Figure in fund-raising : GOAL
67
Break off : END
68
Hart Memorial Trophy awarder, in brief : NHL
Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.
