Crossword

ACROSS

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

1 Render

inconceivable? 5 Carl who composed “Carmina Burana” 9 Itching for action 14 Hamlet’s first

choice 15 Sound from a fan 16 River of

Champagne 17 U.N. reps 18 Purported

passion promoter 20 One-named singer with the #1 hit “Royals” 22 Prevent 23 “Frontline” airer 24 Seriously mired 26 Big wheel 28 Scholar 29 Lasted longer

than 32 Sound from a fan 33 Draft letters 34 Despot who raced in the 67 Olympics 35 __ station 38 Highway reading 41 Bread or liquor 42 PDQ 44 Word with cake

or flake 45 Prescribed meds 47 “Rigoletto”

composer Verdi 49 86 and 99 53 Turntable needles 54 Wells islander

played by Brando 56 Creator of Finch

and Radley 57 France dance 59 Medal-worthy

quality 60 Boundary between the illuminated and darkened part of the moon, in astronomy 63 Ballet move 64 T. rex et al. 65 Wrapped garment 66 Villain’s welcome 67 __ Curry, first unanimous NBA MVP 68 “By that

reasoning ... ”

69 Rectangular paving stone

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1 Cornfield array 2 Cal Poly city 3 Shortened,

shortened 4 Affectionate

assent 5 Hogwarts mail

carrier 6 __ Island 7 What can be drawn using the only V’s, representing vertices, in this puzzle’s grid 8 Worry 9 Not bothered by

conscience 10 “Unforgettable”

Cole 11 Stumble on 12 Condescension 13 Pines 19 See 7-Down 21 Ferber and a

Dame 25 Like a flag featuring a 19Down 27 Arabic “son of”

30 Kick __ fuss 48 Tolkien 31 Unknown John language 35 Order of silence 50 Nervous one? 36 “In my view ... ” 51 I Ching 37 Semisweet adherent, American white perhaps wine 52 Least tentative 39 Alibi problem 55 Corp. shuffle 40 Sarah Palin, e.g., 56 Classic Fords

briefly 58 Emit coherent 43 Humanities subj. light 46 Six-winged 61 Messy locks

angels, in Isaiah 62 Carnival site ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: xwordeditor@aol.com