Chattanooga Times Free Press

Crossword

- By Bruce Venzke and Gail Grabowski

ACROSS

1 One in a bad mood 5 Diplomat’s asset 9 Vatican-related 14 Memorizati­on method 15 Patron saint of Norway 16 Nimble 17 High-tech bookmark 20 African language group 21 Winter bug 22 Cupid’s counterpar­t 23 Safari beast 26 Mystery writer whose Baltimore home is preserved as a museum 28 Office gossip 35 Moved quickly, old-style 36 Meat inspector’s org. 37 “Awesome!” 38 Office coffee holder, perhaps 39 Hard-rock link 40 “O Sole __” 42 1965 march state: abbr. 43 Gold or silver 45 Rainbow flag initialism 47 Gillette’s __ II razor

48 Right granted in the First Amendment 51 Bubbly prefix 52 Clapton classic 53 Gem from Australia 56 Private eye 58 Go around in circles?

62 “Et tu, Brute?,” e.g.

66 Pat down 67 Inbox clogger 68 Pamplona parlor 69 Sight or hearing 70 Wine city near Turin

71 River of central Germany

DOWN

1 Bed with sliding sides 2 Author Jaffe 3 Mail-routing abbr. 4 Obviously embarrasse­d 5 Weigh station unit

6 Pub offering 7 Science Diet product 8 Nonstick kitchen brand 9 Sketching tablet 10 Shake hands on 11 Harbor strolling spot

12 “One more thing ...”

13 Not as much 18 Industrial area of western Germany 19 Play for a sucker 24 Post-op areas, briefly 25 Margarita option 27 Ricelike pasta 28 Sound of a tree falling, say 29 Broadcaste­r 30 __-one: long odds 31 Kappa follower 32 Informed (of) 33 Pale purple 34 Stacy who played Mike Hammer

39 Out of the wind

41 “The __-bitsy spider ...” 44 Completely flummoxed 46 Easy-to-swallow meds 47 Flowering hybrid with thorns 49 Phased-out PC screens 50 Farm machine 53 Does in, mob-style 54 Whittle (down) 55 Idi of Uganda 57 Big cat of film 59 Actor Pitt 60 Vegging out 61 Many an Ivan, in old Russia 63 Lute kin 64 Gained a lap?

65 “No more deets!”

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