CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Brakes

6 Prophet

10 Wields 14Axile 15Klutz 16African nation 17 Designer Hilfiger 18Canal 19Damson

20 Metal fastener 21Day of the wk. 22 Us

23 Hoopla

24 Leave out

25 City in Yemen 26 Adam’s son 29 Absorbed 30 Building addition 31John ___, English

poet

34 Overdue 37 Barium (abbr.) 39 Sick

40 Scale note after

sol

41U.S. Department of

Agriculture 42 Niche

44 Impair

45 What every child

wants

46 Body of water 47 Charity

50 Hint 51Roman three 52 Millimeter 53 Bullfight cheer 54 Appraise 58 Curative springs 60 Big hairdo 62 Strong rope fiber 63 Fancy car

64 Rich dirt

65 Leaks

66 Alter

67 Bark

68 Delete

DOWN

1 Head coverings 2 Neuron end 3 Capital of Peru 4 Cotton plug 5 Artful

6 Native Americans 7 Additional 8 French “yes” 9 Saucepan 10 Sports official 11 First course 12 Circumvent 13Singer Paul 21Carved Polynesian

pendant

25 On top 26 Queen City of

the South

27 An expression 28 Illinois (abbr.) 29 Candy brand 32 Regal Films

mother

33 What a nurse

gives 35 Eagerness 36 Group of Indic

languages 38 Travel guides 42 Inconsistency 43 Immoral 44 Missouri (abbr.) 46 Jean Casimir-____ 47 Store

passageway

48 Fat

49 Florida City 50 Walk noisily 53 Voiced

55 Afloat

56 Knocks 57 Otherwise 59 Drunkard 61Challenger 62 Compass point