“TIME TO CLOSE”

ACROSS

1 More than simmers

6 Old map abbr.

10 Stinging comment

14 Breathing problem

15 Humble request

16 Wheeling’s river

17 Cowboy store offerings

20 “___ as directed”

21 Eject, as lava

22 Black furs

23 Slow traveler

25 Pea places

26 Astronaut’s insignia, often

28 Not far from

32 Cremona artisan

34 One of Kelsey’s co-stars 35 Undergrad degs.

38 Soundly defeat

42 Paintings, e.g.

43 Avoid a collision

44 Famous cinematic falcon’s home 45 “Just married” car decorations 48 One of the deadly sins

49 “Beetle Bailey” creator Walker 51 Sahara stop, hopefully 53 Lion handlers, in a circus 55 ___ cap (mushroom) 56 Common beverage 59 Indicate immediacy

62 “___ and the King of Siam” 63 29-Down solo

64 Body trunks

65 Cause of a game delay 66 One may be checkered 67 Popular landscaping plant

DOWN

1 Hindu Mr.

2 Magnum chaser?

3 Nonstop

4 100 qintars

5 Taco condiment

6 Persuade a customer to buy more 7 Deli side

8 D.C. employee, briefly

9 Physics units

10 Yogi’s cartoon sidekick

11 “Get ___ of yourself!”

12 Marriage and 19-Down

13 Office bigwig

18 “Roots,” for one

19 Ceremonial immersion 24 Alliance formed in 1949 26 Valley of vines

27 Gulf VIP (Var.)

29 “Aida” or “Carmen” 30 Caribbean, e.g.

31 “To ___ is human ...” 33 Fertilization type

35 Staircase railings

36 ___ of the Apostles 37 Three-handed card game 39 Late-October suffix

40 Dry, as wine

41 Indonesian island

45 Mine shaft borer

46 Like skim milk

47 Pseudonym of H.H. Munro 49 Miraculous food, in the Bible 50 Mideasterner

52 Moog-made machine, briefly 53 Alexandra’s husband was one 54 ___, Crackle and Pop

55 Wife of Osiris

57 Before now, before now 58 China setting?

60 Big Band, for one 61 Sentimentality, to some