The Province

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD

- ”T MINUS AND COUNTING” BY TIM BURR

ACROSS

1 Some computers 6 “Father” in the nursery 10 Union buster 14 Doofus 15 Declare firmly 16 Henry VIII’s sixth wife 17 Driving force? 18 Rudolph’s high beam 19 Arsenal contents 20 Pouring down, briefly? 23 “___ In the Family” 25 Coin of Afghanista­n, once 26 “___ whiz!” 27 Brief moment? 28 Barely passing grades 30 Campus VIP 32 Rodeo rope 34 Wash one’s hands of 36 Staircase post 38 Baby aids, briefly? 41 Trail user 42 Pekoe server 45 Foofaraws 48 Nursemaid in India 50 Achieve through hard work 51 “Give us this day ___ daily bread” 52 Cool, once 54 Gun, in a car 56 It divides a tennis court 57 Enjoying the see-saw, briefly? 61 Cathedral section 62 Suffix with “scan” 63 Bathroom floor pieces, often 66 Carnal craving 67 Inventor’s brainchild 68 Give notice to 69 Eyelid swelling 70 Wilder ending? 71 One place for potted plants

DOWN

1 Lower, as lights 2 Tokyo before it was Tokyo 3 Like the runt 4 Weaver’s apparatus 5 Airfield 6 Behave like a misused participle 7 Solemnly swear 8 Hilfiger or Lauren, e.g. 9 Sharp mountain ridge 10 Bandy words 11 Lily-family member 12 General assemblies? 13 Denver athlete 21 Persistent pest 22 Curtis of hair care 23 Use a plus sign 24 Souvenir from Kauai 29 Bantu language group 31 Furious 33 Pond scum, e.g. 35 Shush, in the U.K. 37 Shrivel in the heat 39 Low-range sea change 40 U.S. anthem word 43 Iron man’s quest? 44 Explosive initials 45 Destroys utterly, as a car 46 Production in general 47 Formal, fashion-wise 49 Madison Square Garden and others 53 Red cosmetic dye 55 All-important 58 Network of veins 59 Boot tips 60 Longest river 64 Physics class unit 65 Jeanne d’Arc’s title (Abbr.)

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Solution to last week’s puzzle

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