The Standard (St. Catharines)

Los Angeles T mes Da ly Crossword Puzzle

- Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

ACROSS

1 Color changers 5 Allowing for the uncertaint­y of the future

10 Fairy tale bear 14 Set

15 Greenland coin 16 Holiday lead-ins 17 Aerialists’

insurance 19 Days in Durango 20 Side by side? 21 Medical priority

system

23 Visually transfixed 26 Porsche Boxster,

e.g.

29 Mauritania

neighbor

30 Make a big stink 31 Immobile 32 Lining fabric 34 Zebra hunter 36 Breakfast order

... and a hint to the last words of 17-, 26-, 51- and 58-Across 41 Loaves that may

be seeded 42 Printing goofs 44 Narrow groove 48 Take to heart 50 “Yikes!”

51 Like some pizza

ovens 53 Decorative

draperies 54 Brand name for the sleep aid zolpidem 55 Culture starter? 57 Tropical tuber 58 Conflict in Tennyson’s “The Charge of the Light Brigade” 64 Tiny bit 65 Broadcaste­r 66 Sticking point 67 Many Christmas

presents 68 Involuntar­y muscle contractio­n

69 Jet black

DOWN

1 Wedding

reception VIPs 2 Vote for 3 Cookie baker in

the Hollow Tree 4 More

disreputab­le 5 Terrier breed

from Scotland 6 Richly decorated 7 Rival

8 Colony crawler 9 Stops working

for a while 10 Highway divider 11 Pilot

12 Scanty

13 State strongly 18 Little Italian

number 22 “Stand By Me”

director 23 Bowling alley

initials

24 Some square

dancers 25 Baldwin brother 27 “Maybe” 28 1930s migrant to

California 30 Beverage company __ Cointreau 33 Coffee server 35 Binged (on) 37 Paint brand sold

at Home Depot 38 Got big enough

for 39 “Born This Way”

Lady

40 Antlered animal 43 Program

interrupti­ons 44 Try to hit, as a

fly

45 Minestrone

ingredient 46 Drink named for

a Scottish hero 47 Make a scene

and act up 49 One of a ’50s

singing quartet 52 Ancient empire

builders 53 Madrid Mrs. 56 Start of an idea 59 Fabric flaw 60 Yo La Tengo

guitarist Kaplan 61 Break the tape 62 Whichever 63 King of ancient

Rome

 ??  ?? By Susan Gelfand 2/8/18
By Susan Gelfand 2/8/18

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