CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Persepolis ruins locale 5 Prickly plants 10 Former Supreme

Court first name 14 iPod model 15 Garden nuisance 16 Protection org.

since 1970 17 Lions in the city? 19 Slangy sweeties 20 Pulitzer- winning

author Lurie 21 Spring 23 Conan’s network 24 Willamette River

capital 25 Fish with

experience? 27 UFO fliers,

presumably 28 __ bath 30 Luke and Leia’s

mother 31 Show- offs 35 Pats gently 36 Bees behind

bars? 38 Inland Asian sea 40 Fixture in some no- parking zones 41 Starr man 43 One kept on a

child at the pool 44 Hole goal 47 Whales on the

run? 51 GE rival 53 “Alas!” prompter 54 Seafarers 55 USC athlete 56 Novel ending? 58 Wolves with a

clean lair? 60 Miranda __ of

“Homeland” 61 Dutch cheeses 62 Czech track

legend Zátopek 63 Zen riddle 64 “Building a Mystery” singer McLachlan 65 Cook of comedy

DOWN

1 If 2 Scold harshly 3 Wile E. Coyote weapons 4 White __ 5 Bo’s’n boss 6 Loan fig. 7 Put on ice 8 Helped through a tough time, with “over” 9 Brainstorming session output 10 Director Reiner 11 Paper with Money and Life sections 12 Awesome, slangily 13 Bothers 18 Public town park 22 Narc’s find 25 “Funny thing is ... ” 26 “I __ thought of

that” 29 Home to the Ogden Raptors of MiLB 31 Hägar the

Horrible’s wife 32 Med. condition with repetitive behavior 33 Hurt in a ring 34 Take out, as a

vampire 36 Italian bacon 37 Like difficult

push- ups 38 “Do you and I need to clear the air?” 39 Dish with arborio

rice 42 Withdraw, with

“out” 44 __ party 45 Aleve rival 46 Really get to 48 Wasp nest sites 49 Red- carpet brand 50 NBA great Robertson nicknamed “The Big O” 52 Minibike kin 55 Derriere 57 Long time to wait,

facetiously 59 Thurman in films