DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

I) Notable historic period 6) Legions

11) Degree in math

14) Hawaiian island

15) Burqa wearer's deity, often

16) "And what have we here?"

1 7) Brain part

19) Big_ Conference

20) Where a frog may be found?

21) Terrible twos, e.g.

23) Bands around the biceps

26) Oar steadiers

27) Bright and pleasant 28) Let out, as fishing line 30) Charged particles

31) Disparaging look

32) Rubble- making stuff 35) Banned bug-killer

36) Not going anywhere 38) _ polloi

39) Swell place?

40) Artist's stand

41) Drudge

42) Swarming insect

44) Ludlum's "The_

Identity"

46) Nearly

48) Without wheels?

49) Natural talent

50) Acre's acres?

52) Choose for membership 53) Payment on a payment plan

58) Dash lengths

59) Baseball's "Ryan Express"

60) Fergie, formally

61) "Nonna_" (1979 film) 62) Loon relative

63) Foe

A HEIGHTENED CHALLENGE B Rob Lee

DOWN

I) Character in a Christmas special, often

2) An eagle is two under this

3) Lennon's wife

4) Saddle parts

5) Come-_ look

6) Signs of divinity

7) _ podrida

8) Vegas machine

9) Bar bill l 0) One leading the flock

11) Nuts

12) "We hold_ truths ... "

13) Fine-tunes

18) Affectedly creative

22) Clod chopper

23) Litmus reddeners

24) _ Island (state)

25) Senior moment, e.g.

26) Cheshire cat's hangout 28) Available for occupation

29) "Ain't Misbehavin"' star Carter

3 I) Back talk

33) High times?

34) Points at the dinner table

36) Battening down

37) Drawn tight

41) Large suitcase, perhaps 43)_-Wan Kenobi

44) Canaanite deity

45) End of a threat

46) Behind

4 7) Andean animal

48) Construction site sight 50) Vacation destination 51) Attempt

54) Postal creed word 55) " ... _ he drove out of sight"

NOTE PAD

56) "Platoon" war, briefly 57) "_ will be done"