Crossword Puzzle 1
ACROSS
1 Ancient wizard 5 Serbian-born NBA center __ Jokic 11 Fella 14 Speck 15 Bordeaux wine 16 Narrow inlet 17 Grasslands around Dakar? 19 Petition 20 High ranges 21 Holder of 61 NHL records 23 Chamber group 24 Comet relative 25 Retire 28 Jessica of “Dark Angel” 31 Winter vacation purchase 33 Part of a late 1900s demographic 35 “The Simpsons” storekeeper 36 Feature of a map of Baghdad? 38 MD treating canals 39 Oklahoma tribe 41 Accidental 43 Genesis twin 44 Middle of a threepart start 45 Subtly points out 48 Present time? 51 Uniform concern, maybe 53 Late author whose daughter wrote, “As far as we in the family are concerned, the alphabet now ends in Y” 56 Behave 57 Laid-back attitude in Hanoi? 59 Charlotte of “The Facts of Life” 60 Bivouac 61 Times past 62 Uma’s “Pulp Fiction” role 63 Perceived to be 64 Caesar and others
DOWN
1 One side of a physics equivalence principle 2 Bit the dust 3 One with no hope 4 Honored retirees 5 Indiana-based sports org. 6 Troubles 7 Penn of “House” 8 Crater Lake locale 9 Hear (of) 10 Without a clue 11 Longing in São Paulo? 12 Take a shot at 13 Wine nuance word 18 Exuberant fan 22 IRS agent 24 Fish restaurant offerings 26 Unusual 27 Eavesdropping org. 29 Twisted 30 Focus for some collectors 31 Watering holes 32 Hot spot in Al Ahmadi? 33 Masterpieces 34 Test involving gradually longer lines 35 Mimic 37 Round Table VIP 40 Creatures of habit? 42 Some bank acct. charges 44 Homer’s home 46 Fins 47 Slate, for one 49 Original Flashback games console designer 50 “What a pity” 51 Wrong 52 Smoothie fruit 53 Fed. lending agency 54 Criticizes 55 Storied loch 58 Brown shade