CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Kid around
5 Say jokingly 9 Norway’s “Peer Gynt” playwright 14 Instruction to Yo-Yo Ma
15 A law ___ itself 16 Fix your shoelaces
17 Move like a moth
18 Cinderella’s ma, e.g.
20 What a haka involves a lot of 22 Tree rings, technically
23 High priest of ancient Israel
24 Tell it like it isn’t 27 Really strenuous, as labour
31 Grab ahold of 34 Take a close look 35 Twit
36 Psyche’s beloved 38 Hoity-toity sorts 41 Bo, the shepherdess 42 Home that doesn’t do well in global warming
44 Big brand name in auto parts 46 Graffiti, to some 47 Agonizing, in a way
51 “For ___ a jolly good... “52 Can, in Canterbury
53 Hand in a band 57 Visible sign of distress 60 Low-carb losing strategy
63 Sound of guzzling 64 Recoiled
65 Bald eagle’s European cousin 66 “All ___ being equal...”
67 Bamboo swordplay 68 Evidence of ownership 69 Prepared Eggs for Easter
DOWN
1 Tel Aviv’s neighbour 2 Leisure suit material, perhaps
3 Heir of a rich and famous family
4 Spa installation 5 Supreme Court figures
6 Within, in combos
7 Brain component
8 ‘37 Cary Grant comedy
9 Tehran native 10 Big chunk of floating ice
11 Sault ___ Marie 12 Strauss’“___ Heldenleben” 13 Kitchen worker’s hair wear
19 Rug feature
21 One way to start a duel
24 First fill-in on some forms 25 Nearest to the centre
26 Valley of the Kings land 28 Tennis great Rosewall 29 Ranch hand’s challenge
30 Short sleep in Surrey
31 Stable outburst 32 Bicker
33 Nuts’ snack buddies
37 Piglet’s role model 39 “Harrumph!” to Scrooge
40 Lively, like some debates
43 Disney World city
45 Any moment now, to the Bard 48 Time units of the universe 49 Signalled approval 50 Prevented from speaking 54 Humdinger 55 Already utilized 56 Encouraged (with “on”) 57 Hopped to it, quaintly
58 Spy wear, maybe 59 “Lethal Weapon 3” star Russo 60 Query
61 Definite article
62 Blood relatives