CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Traitor

4 __ up; absorbs

9 Lunch spot

13 In just __; very soon 15 Loose shirt

16 Mind

17 Short note

18 Fall flower

19 Azure or navy

20 Easily hurt

22 Ties the knot

23 Offspring

24 Misery

26 Speaks without preparation

29 Coccyx

34 Combines

35 Planted

36 Mover’s truck

37 Fire __; stinging insects 38 Provide food for a banquet

39 __-back; relaxed

40 Decay

41 Caesar’s robes 42 Ointment

43 Like a hot and humid climate

45 __ up; became anxious 46 Printer owner’s purchase

47 Rosary piece 48 Crumbly cheese 51 Flat

56 Make money

57 Sacred scroll 58 Regrets

60 Threesome 61 In readiness

62 Jacket fastener 63 Lawn trees

64 More peculiar

65 Blue expanse above

DOWN

1 Crash into

2 Lincoln and Vigoda 3 Magazine title

4 Laundry problems

5 Gets rid of

6 Prefix for war or body 7 Ukraine’s capital 8 Nuttier

9 Spider’s creation

10 Up to the task 11 Long-standing quarrel 12 Facial features

14 Source of a child’s sore throat, perhaps

21 Bawls

25 Ancient

26 Take __; undo 27 Benefactor

28 Game often run by the state 29 Sum

30 Astonishes 31 Skating rinks 32 Unsuspecting 33 Said no more 35 Long story

38 Noisy parrot 39 Columnist Ann 41 Cheap metal 42 Stitched joining 44 Baby grands, e.g. 45 Tie to a rope 47 __ oneself; prepare for shocking news 48 Celebration 49 British noble 50 Slender; thin 52 Small lake

53 Dry as dust 54 Convent ladies 55 Yellowish wood 59 Undercover agent