CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Macbeth, for one 5 Classic Maria Callas role 10 Pleads 14 Tropical food staple 15 Apse feature 16 Baby sitter from the Orient 17 Milky-looking gemstone 18 Ronald Reagan’s VP 20 Morning star, often 22 New York’s capital 23 Way to get a word in 25 In conclusion 29 Establish as law 30 Popular Chevy SUV 31 Elegant mannerisms 34 Parkers fill them with coins 35 Only NHL defenceman to win the scoring title 36 Calliope’s sister muse (myth) 38 Pollination requirement, often 39 Down and out sort 42 Yours and mine, e.g. 45 Out riding the swells 46 Trepidation 47 Go over old ground 49 Anne Frank and Samuel Pepys 52 Winter, e.g. 54 Atoll material 55 Poker player’s dream hand 59 Tackle box item 60 What bodybuilders pump 61 Stun gun cousin 62 Latin’s “to be” 63 High class Brit 64 Dele cancellers 65 The Flying Dutchman, e.g.

DOWN

1 Where a cook cooks 2 Dressed like Zorro 3 Soft drink that Norman Rockwell drew ads for 4 TNT’s second “T” 5 Dog’s ID 6 Russian olive, alternately 7 Ran off with 8 Atkins diet no-no, briefly 9 Himalayan mountain sheep 10 Looked after the kids 11 Rhea’s Aussie look-alike 12 Oxygen, e.g. 13 “Quiet, please!” 19 Maternally related 21 Ruth: The sultan of ___ 24 More standoffish 26 Really abrupt dismissal 27 “Grumpier Old Men” star 28 Toadies’ replies 31 Without face value 32 Hopping mad 33 Aphids love it 34 Cash, slangily 37 Christmas tree circler, perhaps 40 Old tenant farmer 41 Support for Van Gogh 43 Sniffer dog’s handler, say 44 Losers to the ‘69 Miracle Mets 48 Hatchet handles 49 Pour cold water on 50 Bones in the foot 51 Hypnotist’s directive 53 Part of a blind 55 What a roughneck works on 56 It’s often part of a seam 57 Thither 58 World Series hits, briefly