CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 From the Middle Ages 4 Therapeutic ointment 8 Bouillabaisse and vichyssoise 13 Moray’s hangout, often

15 Away from the wind

16 Tiny clothing size

17 Organization with the power to take its fees 20 Inexpensive golf shop buys 21 Same-old, sameold

22 Mountain chain gap 23 Shakespearean segment

25 Ketch gear 27 Unicorn feature 28 Global restaurant chain owned by the Seminole Tribe 31 Something missing from the Mssissippi

32 Bit of barnyard banter

33 Light sources 37 Learn new job skills

40 Slalomer’s requirement 42 Forest nymph 43 Most senior naval non-com rank (abbr.) 44 Six-shooter

45 Ones who can handle adversity 50 Sugar shape 53 Pampas runner 54 Downhill ski run 55 Binary digit 56 Amazonia’s ___ Negro

57 Nasty thing for slugs

58 What a dilemma presents

64 Bikini Island, e.g.

65 In ___ of (standing for) 66 Wound souvenir 67 Seamless transition 68 Stocking feature, sometimes

69 Where to sweat it out?

DOWN

1 Old term for table scrap

2 Deer hang-out, maybe 3 Adroitness

4 They may be right under your eyes

5 ___ mode 6 Moldovan currency

7 System used to measure rainfall

8 Polka dot, basically

9 Far atop one’s head

10 City E. of Syracuse, NY 11 Alpine climber’s aid

12 Couturier’s concern

14 Evil sort

18 Not e’en once 19 One type of hoop

23 Pottery fragment

24 Wicker worker 25 Use an MRI 26 “Alias” equiv. 27 “Beam ___, Scotty”

29 Martial arts belt 30 US Justice Dept. org.

34 Science of operational efficiency 35 Cornflower, alternately

36 Sight or hearing 38 Hourly charge 39 Huge foofaraw 40 Where a lot of the clientele has pet names 41 Prince Andrew’s ex-love Stark 43 Rebel Guevara 46 Gout-causing acid

47 Halloween sightings? 48 Moonfish 49 They’re a bit more than a couple of pounds 50 Symphonic wrap-ups

51 Bond together 52 Confuse

56 Tee off

57 Riffraff

59 Shot in arm for fall

60 Spin tales

61 Pekoe, e.g. 62 Salary limit

63 UK’s Thatcher ___