Philippine Daily Inquirer

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

- | BY RICH NORRIS AND JOYCE NICHOLAS LEWIS

Across

1 Indian noblewoman 5 Pressure meas. 8 Little lies 12 Like port, usually 13 W. alliance since 1948 14 Southweste­rn grassy plain 16 “No idea” 19 Make a minister 20 Soft drink nut 22 Flings 26 “No idea” 28 Cost of preventing deteriorat­ion 30 Adhesive 31 Protein-rich bean 32 Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo __ 37 Blueprint detail, for short 38 [No idea] 39 Charity 43 Wearing away gradually 45 Greek earth goddess 46 Autocrats of old Russia 49 100 agorot, in Israel 51 “No idea” 56 Dancer Castle 57 Strait-laced 58 Storywrite­r known for irony 60 “No idea” 66 Pasta often served alla vodka 67 Louis XIV, par exemple 68 Unnerve 69 Hides the gray, maybe 70 “Atlas Shrugged” writer Rand 71 Mattress spring

Down

1 “Go team!” 2 Back in the day 3 Still in the package 4 Fake __ 5 Not up to snuff 6 Mecca native 7 Religion of Mecca 8 Low-tech fire starter 9 Breed 10 Supervisor at a financial institutio­n 11 Busybodies 15 Young hooter 17 One may wind up on a fire truck 18 Bad-mouth 21 Beverage suffix 22 Use bad words 23 Informal pricing words 24 Largest of the Inner Hebrides 25 Japanese ritual with an iron pot 27 Org. with an Odd News web page 29 Baja bread 33 Scholar’s deg. 34 __ Lanka 35 Winery cask 36 French toast maker’s need 40 Victoria, for one 41 Appearance 42 BOGO event 44 Cape Town’s country: Abbr. 46 Pointed end 47 Narrow piece 48 Tolerated 50 Breezy greeting 52 Big name in raingear 53 “Use your inside voice” 54 Comedian featured in Jerry Stiller’s “Married to Laughter” 55 Official representa­tive 59 Horse rider’s strap 61 Shreveport-to-little Rock dir. 62 Ozone-depleting chemical 63 Language of Southeast Asia 64 Special forces weapon 65 Unagi, e.g.

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