Crossword
ACROSS
1 MS-__
4 He’s Santa in
“Elf” 9 Fish-and-chips
fish
12 Andean stew
tubers 14 Geoffrey of
fashion
15 “You have a
point” 16 Hanukkah
moolah
17 Cut with sharp
teeth
18 Greasy spoon
sign
19 Board game
endings
21 Dudes
22 Sonora flora 23 Jungian inner self 24 Anti-apartheid
org.
25 Actor Werner of
“Fahrenheit 451” 26 Element #50 27 More squalid 30 Scrape (out) 31 Crackerjack 32 Restricted road
area
33 High-__ image 34 Red variety of this puzzle’s circles
36 Larry __, former Phillies All-Star shortstop who was 2001 N.L. Manager of the Year 39 Meat-eating
aids
40 River to the
Baltic 44 “Invisible Cities”
author Calvino 46 Copper orgs.? 47 Happy, but not cheerful or upbeat? 48 Spoonful, say 50 Was in the cards 51 Group with
rackets
53 Long __ 54 Slightly cracked 56 Glass-halfempty sort 58 Computer giant 61 “Amen!” 62 Memorable
mission 63 Director Kazan 64 “I’m up for it!” 65 Sashimi
selection 66 Initial request for
an answer?
DOWN
1 Church doctrines 2 Airline on “Lost” 3 With 9-Down, crispy go-with for this puzzle’s circles 4 Washboard __ 5 Sailor’s skill 6 White variety of this puzzle’s circles 7 Doesn’t mumble 8 Press in a gym, say
9 See 3-Down 10 Scene not meant to be seen
11 Wish list items, e.g.
13 Stern’s opposite 15 They’re often in hot water 20 Bossa nova ancestor 22 Chick of jazz 28 Family member 29 Tolkien’s Quickbeam et al. 34 Adaptable ducks 35 “I get it now” 36 Two diamonds, possibly
37 Ioway relative 38 Store whose first three letters come from its founder’s name 41 Ones “in distress” 42 Before, before 43 “Mayberry __”: ’60s sitcom 45 Body blow reaction 47 Simpson outburst 49 12-point type 50 El Pollo __: chain in the U.S. and Mexico
52 “The Clan of the Cave Bear” heroine 53 Hendrix at Woodstock 54 Leatherwork tool 55 Film noir coffee 57 “I’ll pass”
59 Tyler who played Arwen in the “Lord of the Rings” films 60 Catcher behind the plate?