Crossword

ACROSS

1 Paisley or Pitt 5 Highest level 9 Put together 14 Aviation prefix 15 Tragic destiny 16 Grouchy “Sesame Street”

regular 17 Tabloid front- page feature,

often 20 Open the floodgates 21 Ids’ counterparts 22 Was the first band of several 23 More out of one’s gourd 25 “___ the Rainbow” 26 Prefix with “solve” or

“respect” 27 “The Ghost and Mrs. ___” 28 Place to get a pedicure 31 Type of secret 34 Person’s inescapable

outcome 35 Prevent from scoring 36 Going back to a former

practice 39 “... happily ___ after” 40 Collection of miscellaneous

pieces 41 Lock with length 42 Feminine suffix 43 Stalking feline 44 One- one, for one 45 Indy round trips 46 Human hotdog 50 Doddering 53 Chills, as a beverage 54 The zodiac’s carnivore 55 Suitable for an ink- jet 58 Like some circles 59 “It’s ___ cry from ...” 60 Scrabble piece 61 Small, to a child 62 Where many pull their own

weight 63 Be all ears

DOWN

1 Typical opera villains 2 Military scout’s job, for short 3 Emirate emigres 4 “___ Quixote” 5 Franklin’s stock in trade 6 Hue 7 Copies Bessie 8 Tall flightless bird 9 Fad follower ( with

61- Across) 10 “May I show you your seat”

speaker 11 Clickable PC item 12 Wishing one had left sooner 13 Trampled ( with “on”) 18 Atheist, to a believer 19 “Union” no more 24 Calculator, at times 25 Expenditures 27 Suffix with “Wrestle” or

“Beatle” 28 Eyelid eyesore 29 “Dad” relative 30 Hairy jungle creatures 31 Place for a mini- fort 32 Accelerates, as an engine 33 Blvd. relatives 34 Motion pictures 35 Throw all over the place,

as seeds 37 Substitute for the

unlocked? 38 Serving no useful purpose 43 Insultingly small, as in

amounts 44 Belonging to those people 45 Type of cloth or closet 46 “Get outta here!” 47 “The Great Pretender,” for

one 48 “Dude,” “guy” or “bro” kin 49 Entrance hall or room 50 Roaster’s rod 51 Bulky grayish- brown eagle 52 When some retire for the

night 53 Uncertain 56 Cheap cleaning item 57 Ultimate degree