Crossword

ACROSS

1 Need in many outdoor games 5 Basic card game 8 Saltpetre 13 Takeout option 14 Camaro __-Z 16 They may be crumbled in ice cream

17 With 59-Across, old English nursery rhyme being investigated by the detectives in this puzzle 19 Coffee mate? 20 German finale 21 Chaotic situation, in slang

23 Wealthy TV sleuth Matt 26 Hard-boiled sleuth Mike 27 Northern sky sight

28 __ ballerina

30 Where Charlie “may ride forever,” in a 1959 hit

31 Gaming biggie 33 Watchdog org.? 37 Exploit 39 Falcon-finding sleuth Sam 41 Medieval Asian leader

42 Consents 44 Twosomes in the news 46 Guadalajara gold 47 Gulf of Aqaba city

49 Took the sloop 51 Twinkly-eyed sleuth Jane 54 Wisecracking sleuth Philip 55 Spammer, e.g. 57 City on Utah Lake 58 Cordial relations

59 See 17-Across (and see circles for the solution to the mystery) 64 It’s a fact 65 Pain in the neck,

e.g.

66 Roman fiddler 67 Rickman role in Harry Potter films

68 Smidge

69 Feint on the ice

DOWN

1 FYI cousin 2 Sound from a spa

3 Vientiane native 4 “Just watch me” 5 Metaphor for youthful indiscretion 6 Former senator

Specter

7 Caviar

8 Having a calm temperament 9 Identityconcealing attire, in a

Dumas novel 10 Coffee hr. 11 Compact item 12 Perfume compound 15 Epidemicfighting agcy. 18 Mural opening 22 Sashimi selection

23 Given to overacting

24 Navel type 25 Eurasian divide 28 Star-Lord portrayer Chris 29 Theme park staple

32 Samoan port 34 One of many on a phone these days

35 Rod in Cooperstown 36 Positive pole, perhaps 38 “Hang in there” 40 Left on a sloop 43 “D’oh!”

45 More ticked off 48 Sheltered side 50 __ Joy

51 Honey drinks 52 Capital south of Beirut

53 Indian yogurt dip 54 Coffee shop order

56 Color TV pioneer

60 It ends rather spookily: Abbr. 61 Busyness symbol

62 Tick off

63 San Francisco’s __ Valley