CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Blistering tirade 5 Jolly Roger, for one
9 Walk back and forth nervously 13 Tehran’s locale 14 Mushroom parts 15 Sound rebound 16 Main point 17 Orderly formation 18 Check out the horizon 19 Scouring pad brand 20 Welcome sight in a drought 22 Original NATO member 23 Come in first 24 Snake’s warning 25 Desert rarity 29 Haul behind 32 Old typographers’ measures 33 Again 35 Phoney 38 Purchase 39 What a seer might see 40 Cool treat on a stick 43 Kalamazoo lass
45 “Sure thing!” 46 Critters affiliated with the rainy season 51 “Rest of the team” abbr. 53 Peri Gilpin’s “Frasier” role 54 Break down, in a way 55 October to December period, in parts of India
59 68’s “Harper Valley ___” 60 Mediaeval Icelandic saga 61 Union’s demand 62 Go to the mall 63 Coliseum level 64 Britain’s Scilly ___ 65 Peter and Mary’s associate 66 Comes to a close 67 Has supper 68 Poker player’s fee
DOWN
1 Slaps together 2 Operatic passage 3 Bahama capital 4 Blaster’s material 5 Like weightlifters 6 Title for a German gent 7 Islamic bigwig 8 Blessed with ESP 9 Peons’ pay, perhaps
10 Get used (to) 11 Libya neighbour 12 Zillions of years 14 Glossy gown materials
20 Use the pool 21 Portion of the script
26 X-ray dosage measurements 27 Womanizers 28 “Pick a card, ___ card.” 30 Smelter’s requirement 31 Bump on the skin 34 Source of penicillin 35 Observe secretly 36 Ground breaking tool 37 Tacked on 38 Three-letter sandwich order 41 UN air safety gp. 42 Small thing to burn
43 Many garden statues 44 Totem carver’s tool
47 Crops up 48 Little Annie of the comics, for instance. 49 Escaped 50 Gun often used at the office 52 Boris Godunov and Ivan the Terrible 55 Distribute 56 Viking deity 57 Moon-visiting org.
58 Lean slightly 62 Mud bath venue