Crossword

Across

1 Fast-food chain known for its root beer 6 Edit menu option 10 Iridescent stone 14 Princess Peach’s savior in video games 15 Musical instrument with a flared end 16 Like NFL games ending in a tie 17 Standard feature of an action film 19 Lakeside Ohio county 20 Something carried surreptitiously into an alt-rock concert? 22 Financing initials 25 The sun 26 ___ Park, Colo 27 Perfect truck driver for the job? 32 Company that makes Valium 33 Family man 34 Some ER cases 37 Race in an H.G. Wells book 38 Suspicious 40 Palindromic

blast 41 ___ cent 42 Two twos, for

one 43 Overly

sentimental 44 Female street-racing champion? 48 Tip on a

sweatshirt string 50 Note to a creditor 51 Bagel variety 52 Ostentatious member of the Mafia? 57 Piercing place 58 Prime hunting time 62 Filmmaker Ferrara 63 Allocate, with “out” 64 Full of oomph 65 Sentence structure? 66 ___ for life 67 Delight

Down

1 The Walking

Dead network 2 “That feels so-o-o good!” 3 Org for piece

keepers? 4 Gossip 5 Quaint lament 6 Ship part spelled with two apostrophes 7 “Uh-huh, of

course” 8 Amount left in Old Mother Hubbard’s cupboard 9 Animal in Home on the Range 10 Ultimatum ending 11 High military figure? 12 Occur 13 Vichyssoise vegetables 18 Help at the gym, say

21 Salty salad topping 22 Noneditorial magazine worker, informally 23 1984

worker 24 RCA, for one 28 Sushi tuna 29 Separate 30 “What, me worry?” magazine 31 Nathan Hale, for the Colonies 35 One of a Disney

septet 36 Composer Jule 38 Furniture

concern 39 ___ and hers 40 T, on a fraternity

house 42 Something

hikers take 43 Tight hug 45 Scalp, say 46 Longtime Disney

CEO 47 Becomes

compost 48 Company whose spokesduck is on Twitter 49 Boston daily 53 “Choosy ___ choose Jif” (ad slogan) 54 Crude

letters? 55 Testing stage 56 Skatepark

fixture 59 Massage place 60 ___-out clause 61 Former PBS host with a bow tie