CROSSWORD
This week’s theme is: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. Clues marked with an asterisk (*) are theme-related. Solution in next week’s Rappahannock News.
ACROSS
1. Wisdom tooth, e.g.
6. Slovenly abode
9. ____ row
13. "Leave me ____!"
14. Lamb's momma
15. Chew out
16. Stirs up
17. *Reagan, to friends
18. Extend subscription
19. *Electoral entity
21. *Election day
23. Right-angle building extension
24. Cat-headed Egyptian goddess
25. British broadcaster
28. Plural of locus
30. Farmer's turf, pl.
35. Pale or bitter beverages
37. 1960s boots
39. "No way, ____ ____!"
40. Under the weather
41. #6 Across dwellers
43. Actress Moore
44. Arctic people
46. On the surface
47. Julia Roberts as ____ Brockovich
48. Clear and bright
50. Snorkeling site
52. *____ Whitman, cochair of John McCain's 2008 campaign
53. How snug bug in a rug feels?
55. Singular of #35 Across
57. Diver's breathing device
61. *Election within a party
65. Conical tent
66. Miner's bounty
68. Hindu queen
69. Do like Vesuvius
70. Additionally
71. Nashville player
72. A rolling stone gathers none of this
73. Japanese currency
74. Downhill riders
DOWN
1. Designer Jacobs
2. Hodgepodge
3. Take it easy
4. Anoint
5. Bring to consignment store
6. Dried up
7. *Presidential term limit
8. Yiddish busybody
9. She is
10. Warm-hearted
11. What's the big one?
12. Like moist grass in the morning
15. King Minos, e.g.
20. Heidi's shoes
22. Consume
24. Prejudice
25. Pesto ingredient
26. Russian cuisine staple
27. Small intestine/ large intestine connection
29. RC or Pepsi
31. Went by horse
32. 100,000 BTU
33. Mr. Simpson, to Marge
34. *Important kind of state
36. "____ to My Lou"
38. Bassoon cousin
42. Asparagus unit
45. *List of candidates
49. Unidentified John
51. What coquette does
54. Polish currency
56. *This account of John Podesta was hacked
57. Curriculum based on science, technology, engineering, math
58. Claudius' successor
59. "Moonlight Sonata," e.g.
60. *Dems opponents
61. Colonial times' laborer
62. Casino chip
63. Part of ROM
64. Yearnings
67. Wade's opponent