Crossword

ACROSS

1 Outdoor party

area 6 Hot tub 9 In-the-wall

security devices 14 Andes beast of

burden 15 Fox foot 16 Flashy display 17 Popular pool

game 19 Pretense 20 Sneaks out after being grounded, say 21 Spinach-eating

sailor 22 College dorm

VIPs 23 Loo 24 Blame for the

crime 25 Capital One’s “What’s in your wallet?,” e.g. 29 Great Wall

continent 31 Singer Rimes 32 Nearly 37 Eduardo’s eight 38 Brown-toned

photo 39 Crowd silence 40 Bulletin board

sticker 42 Doone of

Exmoor 43 Israeli statesman

Abba 44 Poland’s capital 45 Sophs, two yrs.

later 48 Milk buys: Abbr. 49 Kernel holder 50 Bernadette of

“Into the Woods” 52 Surprise winner

of fable 57 Japanese

mushroom 58 Cause of wood splinters in the infield ... and what each set of puzzle circles represents 59 Hollywood VIP 60 Tibetan beast of

burden 61 Barely enough 62 Garden plantings 63 Ambulance

initials 64 Short and not so

sweet

DOWN

1 Asked earnestly

(for) 2 Et __: and others 3 Clothing price

sites 4 Texter’s “If you

ask me” 5 Healthful cereal 6 Neuters 7 Buddies 8 Punching tool 9 Classical guitarist

Andrés 10 __ of coffee 11 Advertising

handout 12 No-sweat grade 13 Precipitous 18 Lima or fava 21 Linguine or

tortellini 23 Eye surgery

acronym 25 One in a casino

row 26 Peace Nobelist

Walesa 27 Honolulu’s island 28 Pointy-hatted

garden decoration 30 Detest 32 Lees on your legs 33 Scannable mdse.

bars 34 For us 35 Pres. Carter’s

alma mater 36 Unfreeze 38 Runs, hits and

errors 41 Backyard beef on

the bone, briefly 42 Doctor’s order 44 Employment 45 Project details,

for short 46 Actress Zellweger 47 Took badly? xwordeditor@aol.com 49 Broth-spoiling

excess? 51 Barely managed,

with “out” 52 Theme park

transport 53 At a former time 54 Letter-shaped

beam 55 Without, in France 56 Suffix with

kitchen 58 “Ciao!”