Crossword

ACROSS

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

1 Halloween costume that may involve a red cape and tail 6 Respected men 10 Banana Boat

initials 13 “I Fall to Pieces”

singer 14 “America’s FLAVORite Frozen Beverage since 1967” 15 Considerable

age 17 Words requesting

a pass 19 Apple choice 20 “Phooey!” 21 Words indicating

a pass 23 Prof’s aides 24 Cardio chart 26 Overly 27 Team with 121 medals at the Rio Olympics 28 Throw water on 30 Put the kibosh on 32 Before, once 36 Genetic material 37 Cantaloupe and

honeydew 39 Words constituting a pass 42 Infomercial

staples 43 Tack on 44 “I almost forgot ... ” 45 “I’m extremely interested in squalor” speaker of literature 46 Ripoff 48 “Viva __ Vegas” 49 Homer stat 51 Camera inits. 52 Hrs. at Coors

Field games 55 Words printed on

a pass 58 Childcare worker 60 Nullify 61 Words seen in a

pass 63 View from a pew 64 Dalí house 65 Great Lakes

natives 66 That, in Tijuana 67 URL starter

68 Holding corporation that owns Kmart

DOWN

1 Get moving 2 Dominant 3 Levels in a park 4 Gunn of “Sully” 5 Like matryoshka

dolls 6 Kim, to Khloé

Kardashian 7 Offer of help 8 Faraway 9 Take care of 10 It often spans

decades 11 Egg roll cooking

medium 12 Pete Seeger’s

forte 16 Rocket launcher 18 Chaperones 22 Emulate a news

helicopter 25 Tries hard (for) 29 Doctor’s request 31 Disney character who sings “Let It Go” 32 Curved letter 33 Ali ring

trademark

34 Simply Cocoa 50 Big name in

maker kitchen appliances 35 Other people 52 Two-time French 37 Splash guard Open winner 38 __-Cat Sharapova 40 Frost advisory, 53 Sunken ship

e.g. explorer 41 Poetic paeans 54 Long lock 46 Doughboy’s 56 Creative flash

helmet 57 __ China Sea 47 Peace offerings 59 Untainted 48 Soap brand with 62 Genre using

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