CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Game official 4 Irritate 7 Licensed practical nurse 10 Negros island 13 North American

Indian 14 Time period 15 Bullfight cheer 16 Statute 17 Shedding off of an

outer coat 19 Impost 20 Hotel 21 Beehive State 22 Hurt one’s toe 24 Window ledge 27 Fading 29 Reference 32 Sheer 34 After Sun. 35 Eye 36 Compass point 37 North American

Indian 40 City in Yemen 41 Mr.’s wife 42 Music 44 Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries 48 One who shouts 50 Choose 53 Glen 54 Grain 55 Belonging to you 57 Flat 58 Day of the wk. 59 On top 60 Brass 62 Remove from of

fice 65 Federal Bureau of

Investigation 67 Flightless bird 69 Curt 73 Degree of exper

tise in karate 74 Revolutions per

minute 75 Escudo 76 East northeast 77 Set up 78 Snooze 79 Wild ox 80 Pain unit

DOWN

1 Fear 2 And so forth 3 U.S. government

worker 4 Bird’s home 5 Opera solo 6 Slash 7 Dozens 8 ‘Plasma’ variant 9 Another 10 Gave an excuse 11 Wok 12 Have 18 Christmas 23 California universi

ty 24 South southeast 25 Possessive pro

noun 26 Downwind 27 Doctor (slang) 28 Respire 30 Ball holder 31 Gray sea eagle 33 Short for Pamela 34 Capital of Lesotho 38 Nose 39 Bard’s before 43 Strive 44 Mismatched 45 Golfer’s goal 46 Exciting 47 Queen City of the

South 49 Caustic substance 50 Gone to lunch 51 Professional 52 Cooking measure

ment 56 Cereal plant 58 Florida city 61 Switzerland city 62 Do what you’re

told 63 __ Major (Big Dip

per) 64 Drink through a

straw 65 Former president

of U.S. 66 Tibeto-Burman

language 68 Official 70 It is proven 71 Spanish “one” 72 Snakelike fish