CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Words before

“Tricked you!” 5 Whirled 9 Exxon merger

partner 14 Musk of Tesla

Motors 15 Syllables from

Santa 16 Get away from,

as pursuers 17 Tooth anchor 18 Border on 19 Female 33Across 20 Bovine skin once used as a painting surface by Native Americans 23 Nocturnal flier 24 Partner 25 Peruvian peaks 27 Music room

system 30 Zsa Zsa, to Eva 32 Toasty 33 Untamed

equines 37 Baba who

outwitted thieves 38 Actor Mineo 39 Med. care option 40 Rio Grande

feeder 45 Italia’s capital 46 Halloween

goodies 47 Equal to, with

“with” 49 Like sheep sans

wool 50 Pained cry 51 Guerrilla

Guevara 52 Stack for the bookkeeper to pay ... or, literally, what 20-, 33- and 40-Across’ first words constitute 58 Western writer

Bret 60 Many 61 Tidy 62 “Know what __?” 63 Rural storage

cylinder 64 Scarlett O’Hara’s

home 65 IRS examination 66 Go berserk 67 “Not great, not

bad”

DOWN

1 Basil or rosemary 2 Baseball family

name 3 Pig’s foot part 4 Insect nest with

tunnels 5 Perfect for

wading 6 N’awlins

sandwich 7 “Nope” 8 “The Little Red

Hen” denial 9 Souvenir 10 Eggs in a lab 11 Clip joint? 12 Imagination

output 13 For fear that 21 Stein filler 22 Pinch from a chef 26 German article 27 Trade 28 “Cautionary”

account 29 Leif’s father 30 Poles and Serbs 31 Not doing much

of anything 34 “What time __?” 35 Poet Lazarus 36 Fly high 41 Guatemala gold 42 Eden tempter 43 Rajah’s mate 44 Santa’s landing

spot 45 Met by chance 48 Catch, as a crook 49 SeaWorld orca xwordeditor@aol.com 50 Dough in a wallet 51 “Pet” with Smiley and Winky versions 53 Young lady 54 Model Nordegren once married to Tiger Woods 55 Radiator problem 56 Tomb Raider’s

__ Croft 57 Stick around 59 Mai __