CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Buckwheat porridge

6 Tears, as paper

10 Hobbyist’s book 15 One submitting a tax return 16 Operatic solo 17 State bordering both Nevada and Canada

18 “Almost!”

19 Drink brand associated with NASA missions 20 Fight off

21 “Parking” image,

on signs

24 “As I see it,” to a

texter

25 Stay alcohol-free 27 Ad that spreads

awareness, briefly 28 Baseball’s Musial 29 Princess from a galaxy far, far away

30 Society

newcomer

32 Minnesota NFLer 34 Slacks

36 Second dropdown list, say

39 “Kosher” image,

on labels

42 Garage floor

blemish

43 Wabbit hunter

Fudd

46 Forward, to Fellini 49 “Just a __!”

51 “Count on me!” 52 Blubbers

53 “Pow!” relative 56 Potatoes often

used for fries

58 Cape __, Mass.

59 “Registered” image, on product names

61 Draw out 63 DIY furniture

brand

64 Fridge forays

67 Diet-friendly

68 Blab

69 Boredom

70 Eccentric

71 Creative pursuits,

with “the”

72 Yard-grooming

tool

DOWN

1 Fast-food co. serving buckets 2 Feel sick

3 Aptly named

clean-up basin 4 Speaker’s ers or

ums

5 Sports spot

6 Some rodent

homes 7 Baghdad’s land

8 Alluring poster

9 Long stories

10 Add to the staff

11 Poetic salute

12 Elk

13 28-Across

nickname

14 Chinese tea

22 Help

23 Poetic bird of one

word

25 Mont Blanc, e.g. 26 Arthur of “The

Golden Girls”

28 King Kong’s home 31 Patting-thebaby’s-back goal 33 “Picnic”

playwright

35 Petulant state

37 Book jacket

blurbs 38 “His Dark __”:

fantasy trilogy 40 Defendant’s

story

41 Hosting the roast 44 Use the feed bag 45 OR attendants 46 Go up

47 Ritualistic kind of

doll

48 Kidnap

50 Surly mutt

54 Singer Baker with

eight Grammys 55 Manufacturer

57 Stony debris

59 Count (on)

60 Gael or Breton 62 Lap-loving pet 65 Past __: late

66 __ Loin of Beef: Bugs Bunny character