CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 __ and haw; hesitate 4 Vital vessel

9 Store away

13 Correct a manuscript 15 Hang limply

16 Encourage

17 City in Texas

18 Cowboy’s rope

19 Geek

20 Cruel

22 Notices

23 Arrests

24 Edison’s initials

26 Coleslaw and Crab Louie 29 Serving dishes

34 Incites to action

35 Stop briefly

36 Go bad

37 Puerto __

38 Annoying

39 Short note

40 As busy __ beaver 41 Enraged

42 Many a horse used in harness racing 43 Broadcast

45 “__, the piper’s son...” 46 P.E. class building 47 Quarter or semester 48 Unexceptional

51 Helper

56 Asian language

57 49ers & 76ers 58 Meriwether or Trevino 60 Paints used by many artists

61 Spooky

62 Exchange

63 Verse writer

64 Loses traction on an icy road

65 Heaven above

DOWN

1 Use an ax

2 Semi-hard cheese

3 Small rodents

4 Speaks without preparation

5 Exams given before a panel

6 American Beauty, for one 7 Throw

8 Abandonment of one’s religion

9 Dusk

10 Poplar or pine

11 Monster

12 Marries

14 Cyclone

21 Womanizers

25 Feasted

26 “Jack __ could eat no fat...”

27 Get up

28 Skin-numbing injection 29 White adhesive

30 Gospel writer

31 Build

32 Juliet’s love

33 Wild weather

35 Potpie veggies

38 Apes & lemurs

39 Cats & whales

41 Climbing plant

42 Harbor town

44 Braggart

45 Actress Harper and others

47 Shy and fearful

48 Halt

49 Sandusky’s state

50 Macy’s event

52 Look for

53 Wraparound from India 54 Latest information 55 Yellowish wood

59 __ on; watch from hiding