The BalTimore Sun CroSSword

ACROSS

1 5

Skyline obscurer Slight fabrications Lengthy exam answer 14 Afghanistan’s __

Bora region 15 Wrinkle remover 16 Teatime treat 17 Condo division 18 *Food stalls offering filled tortillas 20 Liberated 22 Meaner than

mean

23 *Kits that include pots for melting cheese or chocolate 26 Verdi opera about an African princess

30 As of now 31 Rodent that followed the Pied Piper 32 Finalized, as a

deal

34 Relishes 37 Indiana NBA

player

9 38 *1933 comedy starring Marie Dressler and John Barrymore 41 Treasury

secretary Yellen 42 __ Berry Farm: Southern California amusement park 43 High regard 45 “Let’s call __

day”

46 Heat in the

microwave 49 Norse god of

thunder 50 *Ingredient amount in a recipe for paella or risotto 54 Barnett of CBS

News 56 Therefore 57 Unexpected charges, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues 62 Over again 63 Relating to birds 64 Rights org. since

1920 65 Checkout queue 66 Marriott rival 67 Car roof with removable panels

68 Life partner

DOWN

1 In need of some

fresh air 2 “Some Like It Hot” star Marilyn

3 Get situated 4 Like some private communities 5 In shape

6 Nest egg letters

Italian bowling game

8 Pig sound

9 East, in Spanish 10 Rascals 11 Prodigal __ 12 “Wait, there’s

more”

13 “You bet!” 19 Figure (out) 21 Vaudeville

legend Jimmy 24 Roof edge 7 25 Bird on birth

announcements 27 Snowfall accumulation unit

28 Song for two 29 Tax-paying mo. 33 Words set in

stone? 34 Looked down

on

35 Competed in a

sprint, say 36 Unflappable 38 Sprinter’s race 39 Enamored of 40 Caesar’s

rebuke 41 Airport arrival

9/12/23 44 Eve’s opposite 46 Colorful

annual 47 Regional manner

of speech 48 Baseball Hall of

Famer Reese 51 Like some lean

dairy products 52 Put into office 53 Domain 55 Landlord’s

income

57 “A likely story!” 58 Climbing vine 59 Day in Durango 60 “Xanadu” rock

gp.

61 “How’s it goin’?”