MIDDLE OF THE ROAD
ACROSS
1 Midnight visit to the kitchen 5 Quarterback’s option
9 “Going once . . . Going twice . . . ___!”
13 Skin condition
14 “The Tortoise and the Hare,” e.g.
15 “T,” on a test 16 Collection of pictorial memories 18 Red, like a steak 19 Person who often has a lease
20 Flustered
22 Like most bubble
tea
24 Columns with points of view
25 Kind of leaf on the Canadian flag 28 Colombian corn cake
32 Palindromic fashion magazine 33 Sensitive spots on the skin
34 Thumbs-downs
37 Living space with a single room 41 6-Down hit with the lyric “Nothing else can save me” 42 Mystic letters
43 Vender that supplies Wile E. Coyote with failure-prone products
44 Come into
existence
45 Slightly off
46 Central point
50 Paul McCartney and Ian McKellen, e.g.
52 British spelling of a folded egg dish
56 Queens’ domains 60 Nickname for a father
61 “Greetings for the second time!” 63 They might be
fragile or inflated 64 Sticky tree
substance
65 Italian volcano
66 Actor Rogen
67 Like hand-me-down clothes
68 “Rolling in the ___” (Adele song)
DOWN
1 Spellbound
2 Feel sore
3 Involved with
4 Comprehensive
5 Word after “pen”
or “gal”
6 Swedish band originally named Festfolk
7 Shell-less mollusk 8 Truck stop sight 9 Subway rider’s handhold
10 Speak formally 11 Enticed 12 Homeowners’ documents 14 Destiny
17 “You only live ___” 21 Base for smashed
avocado, maybe 23 Evian alternative 25 Total disarray
26 Cher’s vocal range 27 Bonus
29 Double Dutch
needs
30 Hits the delete key 31 The “p” of mph 34 Guitar part
with frets 35 “My treat!” 36 Dish such as tharid or sambar 38 Beyond mad 39 Your and my 40 Worked the
knots out of 45 Field 46 Broods 47 Public relations
concern 48 Home ___ 49 Symbol that might mark a line break 51 Nutrient that tofu is high in 53 Drive-___ window 54 Some concert souvenirs
55 “What ___ is new?”
57 Not punctual
58 “Be ___” (candy heart message) 59 Velcro alternative 62 Pickle jar top