CROSSWORD

PUZZLE NO. 960

ACROSS

1. Take a sharp breath

5. Spat

8. Farewells

12. Sector

13. Woolly mama

14. Cameo, e.g.

15. Skin

16. Feeling rotten

17. Eye

18. Moved sideways

20. Yellow jacket

21. ____ of luxury

24. Participates in

26. Little green men

28. Further down

32. Shopping places

33. Small orchard

34. Snoozing

36. Talked back

37. Beginner’s book

39. Curvy shape

40. Persian king

43. Social zeros

45. Mama’s fellow 46. Fearful admiration

47. On the crest

51. Roasting chamber

52. Bowling frames

53. Morse ____

54. “____ Pilot”

55. Grape drink

56. Recognized

DOWN

1. Mountain pass 2. “You ____ Sixteen” 3. Look 4. Lacking color 5. Rules 6. Young bird 7. Fused 8. Scanners 9. Type of exercise 10. Room extensions 11. Trickle 19. Thicker 21. Tibetan priest 22. Cry of dismay 23. Medicinal tablet

25. Esteem

27. Babar, for one

29. Model

30. Nights before

31. Scarlet and crimson

35. Fiesta decor 36. Peaceful 38. Cried like a kitten

40. Dirt stain

41. Possess

42. Mimics

44. Paper bag

48. Unit of weight

49. Lyric verse

50. Chapel bench