Crossword

ACROSS

1 Color similar to

sand

5 NBC show since

1975

8 Instrument played with a plectrum 14 Lorelei Leeʼs

creator 15 Middling grade 16 Con

17 Fail at a

barbecue? 19 One of the lesser

apes

20 Star in the Plowman constellation 22 Fancy home 23 Fail on a field? 25 Pressure 29 Simple partner? 30 OPEC member 31 Head lock

33 Pop duo __ &

Him

36 Fail in a ring? 40 Artistʼs skill 41 Like crook and creek, etymologically 42 Nesting site 43 One spelling a

superior: Abbr. 44 Bread flavoring 46 Fail at a dock? 51 Cheapen 52 Beachgoerʼs

protection

56 Big name in

sports caps 58 Fail on a dance

floor? 60 Competed on

TVʼs “Ink Master” 61 Quaint word of

disapproval 62 Game for which Wyatt Earp was once a dealer

63 “In the Land of

Israel” author 64 Age abbr. 65 Triathlon part

DOWN

1 “The Lord of the

Rings” figure 2 Roy Rogers

ingredient

3 Big laugh 4 Letters at Camp

Lejeune 5 Scrubs 6 Introduction to

chemistry? 7 Abate

8 Band

booking

9 TVʼs “Fringe” involved a parallel one 10 Drink

11 Indian drum 12 Bikini, for one 13 Kidney-related 18 LAX listings 21 City WNW of

Boca

24 “Pipe down!” 25 Place 26 Cafeteria

item

27 Autumn item 28 Charlotte-toRaleigh dir. 31 Rich desserts 32 ER staffers 33 Catch during

practice 34 Busy place 35 Dept. formed

under Carter 37 Like much FM

radio

38 Britʼs

“Baloney!” 39 100 yrs. 43 Holdings 44 Hawthorne title

septet

45 “__ take time” 46 Reef denizen 47 Construction

girder

48 Took care of 49 Role for Kristy

and Sarah 50 Live, TV-wise 53 Rubs out 54 Catʼs scratcher 55 Byron of

“MythBusters” 57 Cutting tool 59 Brady of Tampa

Bay, now