Crossword
ACROSS
1 Former soldiers 5 Explosive compound, briefly
10 A lot 14 Quarreling
15 Still soft, as concrete 16 First-year law student 17 Housekeeper’s
whisky request? 19 Gillette razor 20 Wire-bending
hand tool 21 Place to adopt a
dog
23 Really big cats 26 Mechanical
learning routine 27 Itemizes 30 International
shipping co. 32 Red wine grape known as Shiraz in Australia 35 Eight: Pref. 36 Grins
38 Be in debt 39 One of a bike’s
two 40 “Li’l”comic strip
character 41 Medical image for diagnosis 42 Bering or Black 43 First game of the season 44 Related by blood 45 Type style that sounds like a Disney mermaid 47 Gun, as an
engine 48 Johnny Mathis classic that begins,“Look at me”
49 FBI agent
51 Fix a lawn 53 Hawaiian
medicine men 56 Saudi __ 60 Ships’ rears 61 Bachelor’s
whisky request? 64 Loyal 65 Letter-shaped
dress style 66 ExxonMobil
brand 67 Clumsy one’s
exclamation 68 British race car
maker 69 Half-moon tide
DOWN
1 Femme fatale 2 And others:
Abbr.
3 Symbolic carving
in Maori culture 4 Type of durable
work boot 5 Insane, as a
scheme 6 Lodging choice 7 “Cats”poet’s
monogram 8 Harvest 9 Frolicking
swimmer 10 Warm and cozy 11 Geologist’s whisky request? 12 Fiddling Roman emperor 13 Open-handed
hit
18 Colored eye part 22 Throw softly 24 Phone __ 25 Fishing lure 27 Much,
casually
28 More slippery 29 Astronaut’s whisky request? 31 Magician’s hiding place
33 Be in store for 34 Comic
Youngman 36 Maple-syrup-to
be 37 Make a mistake 41 Ended a prayer 43 “The Good
Earth”heroine 46 Makes laugh 48 __ or less: about 50 Like a facial
cavity 52 Clearance
events
53 Green Hornet’s
sidekick 54 Jackson 5
hairdo 55 Storage building for crops
57 It may be stolen on a diamond 58 Ingrid’s “Casablanca” role
59 Upon
62 Petty gripe 63 Beast with a
beard