CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Hirer 5 Mental picture 10 Jab 14 Avouch 15 Light purple flow

er 16 Roman Catholic

church head 17 Cab 18 Tranquil 19 Green Gables

dweller 20 Hectoliter (abbr.) 21 Measure 24 Hey! 26 Aye 27 Switzerland city 29 Popular condi

ment 30 Not amateur 33 Turkish lira (abbr.) 34 Shine 36 Designer Hilfiger 39 Impose a tax 43 An expression 44 Skip 45 Women’s maga

zine 47 Timely (2 wds.) 50 Native Americans 51 See ya! 53 Manganese 54 December 55 __ days (long ago) 57 One nautical mph 59 Flightless bird 60 White House lo-

cale 61 City in Yemen 63 I see 65 Weight of a con

tainer 67 Wading bird 70 Questionable 72 Variant of checks 73 American base

ball player 75 Nail 76 Poetic “has” 77 Gosh! 78 Beget

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1 2 Tub U.S. president’s office 3 Boston Red __ 4 Gulp 5 Illinois (abbr.) 6 Silent actor 7 Boxer Muham

mad 8 Miss 9 Shedding off of

an outer coat 10 Curative mineral

spring 11 American frozen

pizza brand 12 Sleep disorder 13 Honey makers 22 Aptly 23 Fetch 25 Cereal plant 28 Compass point 30 School group 31 Candy brand 32 Asian nation 35 Travel guides 37 Clock time 38 Popular American

stadium 40 Snakelike fish 41 Sleigh 42 Veer 46 And so forth 48 Chilled 49 Chopping 50 Stake 52 Okay 53 Modern 55 City in Nebraska 56 Decoys 58 Whining voice

type 59 Engrave 62 Small licorice

treats 63 Far away 64 Dr. Jekyll’s “part

ner” 66 Extension (abbr.) 68 Hiss 69 Unwell 71 Friday (abbr.) 74 New York (abbr.)