East Bay Times

Today’s crossword

-

ACROSS

1 Apple product 11 Collector’s frame 14 Mozart’s Queen of the Night, for one

15 Cover on the

road 16 Guacamole, e.g. 17 “Agreed!”

18 Tiny and

unimportan­t 19 “The First __” 20 Must

21 Make a narrow

escape?

22 In itself

23 Slips into 24 Rhapsody,

perhaps

26 Field pair 28 Virtuoso

31 Tie with the dealer, in blackjack

32 La Liga cheer 34 Like Dorothy

Parker’s humor 35 Red state?

36 Any of Florida’s

Dry Tortugas 38 Some “SVU” roles 39 Cut out

41 Model builders, at

times

42 Bauhaus founder

Gropius

44 Not peripheral 45 Chateau

Montelena’s home 46 Ban from practice 48 Spring break destinatio­n, briefly

52 Word of

resignatio­n

53 __ Eats 54 Rambled 55 Calamitous 56 Obviously full of

anticipati­on

58 Art store supply 59 It may be pulled

before a final 60 Thing in the

Roman Senate 61 Has a clear conscience, maybe

DOWN

1 Gobs

2 Oddly, trailers

may precede one 3 Like many a

horror film victim 4 Low tide

formation

5 A server may

carry one

6 Gum, after use 7 Makes up 8 Elizabeth I was

the last one 9 Really could use,

with “for” 10 Unfortunat­e 11 Diner patron played by Stephen King in “Mr. Mercedes,” e.g.

12 “The Vagina Monologues” playwright 13 Takes interest,

maybe

15 Bear that can bark 22 Call counterpar­t 25 Captain, at times 27 Dog topper 28 Sum up

29 Begin to set

boundaries 30 First woman to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol 31 Compost bin

remnant

33 “Cloverfiel­d”

characters 35 Highly energetic

sort

37 What a city dweller may do on a building roof

40 Jellyfish 41 Pikelike fish 43 Burns with a light

touch? 44 Oceanic

45 Point from which a recovery can begin 47 Animated Disney

bibliophil­e 49 Indian novelist

Desai

50 Slangy craving 51 Gritting one’s

teeth, maybe 54 Old dance hall

tunes

57 __ pass

 ??  ?? 12/26/20 By Kyle Dolan
12/26/20 By Kyle Dolan

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United States