CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 One of the Three Bears 5 Clucking birds

9 Bar seat

14 12/24 & 12/31

15 Win __; sway

16 Ski __; chalet for vacationers

17 Anxiety

19 Worship

20 Pausing syllables

21 Period before Easter 22 Night noises

23 __ Plaines, IL

24 End of summer: abbr. 26 Flaws

30 Italian dish

35 Royal decree

36 Finds a sum

38 Blanket material 39 __ Ababa, Ethiopia 40 Enemy

41 “__ Were the Days” 42 Fibbed

43 Scorch

44 Early __; one up at dawn 45 Chooses

47 Most tart

49 Plenty 51 Buddy

52 Accident

56 “That was __; this is now” 58 Fore and __

61 Each __; one another

62 Fit to be published 64 Twenty

65 Seldom seen

66 Delighted

67 Item in a bed linen package

68 Black-__ peas

69 Wagers

DOWN

1 Sampras or Seeger 2 State positively

3 Bic products 4 Long-eared animal 5 Truthful

6 Like 2, 4 and 6 7 Treetop homes 8 Yrbk. section 9 Inclines 10 Commotion 11 Fragrance

12 Meanie

13 Cobb & Remick 18 Votes into office 22 Swirling pools

23 Make up one’s mind 25 Parents and grandparents

26 Good buys

27 Carrie Fisher’s dad

28 Raúl Castro’s brother 29 Least risky

31 Spinning

32 As silly as a __

33 Snouts

34 On the ball

37 __ number on; treat badly 41 Classroom no-show

43 Say no more

46 Red wine

48 Unlocked

50 Alley cat

52 Playwright Hart

53 Hives symptom

54 Oxford or loafer

55 In this place

57 Give a job to

58 Competent

59 Apartment

60 Koppel & Cruz

62 Before: pref.

63 Bell’s initials