Crossword

ACROSS

1 Smallest chess

piece 5 Intl. alliance with a phonetic alphabet 9 Test for fit 14 Where to find

Columbus 15 Surrounded by 16 Like a wolfman 17 Made it possible

(for) 20 Bit of campaign

ugliness 21 In a jittery way 22 Food storage

cover 24 Big pic from a

small neg. 25 Reason for “Fahrenheit 451” fires 31 Yr.’s dozen 34 Smoothie berry 35 Pet store cry 36 Resell exorbitantly, as tickets 38 Iowa crop 39 Extreme fear 41 First website

page 42 Last Greek letter 44 Lucy’s sitcom

partner 45 Neighborhood 46 Stark in “Game of

Thrones” 47 Achieved desired

results 50 Math basics:

Abbr. 51 Tweeter’s titter 52 White ursine

critter 58 Hand prettifiers 62 It’s designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47Across may be found 64 Dickens’ Drood 65 Garage goop 66 Opponent 67 Hit __: ran into

trouble 68 Wise, as advice 69 Twice-monthly

7-Down

DOWN

1 Seasoned senators, say 2 “If I may say

something ... ” 3 Edith, to Archie 4 Teacher’s “Shh!” 5 “Uh-uh” 6 Confirmation from the congregation 7 Ocean

phenomenon 8 Reason for a

diaper change 9 Big crowds 10 Phantom’s rival, in “The Phantom of the Opera” 11 Pet store cries 12 Baseball’s

Hershiser 13 Big Apple

address letters 18 Chicago paper,

for short 19 Toaster __ 23 Dilapidated joint 25 Breakfast partner

of 55-Down 26 “__, all ye

faithful ... ” 27 Rowed 28 Verify, as totals 29 Octet plus one 30 “If only” 31 New Zealand

native 32 Early

Mesoamerican 33 “Bark, Bowser!” 37 Phony 40 Sky over Paris 43 Loving and devoted, as fans 48 Library vol. ID 49 Gobbling guys? 50 Gymnast

Comaneci 52 Ardent request 53 Voluminous syn. and etym. sources 54 Mowed expanse 55 See 25-Down 56 Water color 57 Ladder step 59 29-Down count 60 Kappa preceder 61 Barbershop

sound 63 Barely make,

with “out”