Crossword

ACROSS

1 Bubbly stuff 5 Skiing venue 9 “Got it, man!” 14 Inventory evaluation acronym 15 Very top 16 Babysitter, maybe 17 Mtn. stats 18 Superstitious

warning 20 Quick 22 Word in

Montana’s motto 23 Pre-Columbian

stoneworker 24 Apollo’s place 25 Word with

window or rum 26 Beach bird 27 One with secrets

to tell 28 Some judicial

officials 31 Want-ad letters 32 Get one’s signals

crossed, say 33 Creative writing

assignment 34 Assurance of

honesty 36 “That’s a little

better” 40 Forced-air

system output 41 Phi-psi link 42 Astounded

reaction 43 Workplace dispute negotiator 47 When repeated,

a football chant 48 Cry of dismay 49 What candles

may represent 50 Sneak 52 Phnom __ 53 Single dose? 54 Most unusual 55 Bush 43, for one 58 Kitchen addition? 59 Spaghetti Western director Sergio 60 Cry out loud 61 An earring may be shaped like one 62 Vicks brand 63 Page with views 64 Sailing group

DOWN

1 Undesirably rapid hardening of concrete 2 Specialized

painting surface 3 Words spoken with a gentle hand gesture 4 German wine

valley 5 Billboard #1 song in 1975 and 2001 6 Mil. address 7 Vader enemy 8 Loaded with heat 9 Pasta ending 10 Lesser component of “The Legend of Zelda,” say 11 Six-sided

fastener 12 Winter

hangover? 13 Flower girl’s

tossings 19 “Let every heart prepare him room” song 21 Greek goddess

of the harvest 29 Mata Hari

portrayer 30 Brought back to

work 35 Tribe that sold horses to Lewis and Clark 37 Leaves in a chest 38 Nocturnal travel

guide 39 Stray protection 43 Places for pins 44 Former Soviet

premier Kosygin 45 Hit hard 46 Hand-wiping item 51 Well-rehearsed 56 Bug 57 Be behind