Wonderword

8 13

14 16

17

ACROSS

Need in many outdoor games Basic card game Saltpetre Takeout option Camaro __-Z They may be crumbled in ice cream With 59-Across, old English nursery rhyme being investigated by the detectives in this puzzle 19 Coffee mate? 20 German

finale 21

Chaotic situation, in slang 23 Wealthy TV

sleuth Matt 26 Hard-boiled sleuth Mike Northern sky sight

28 __ ballerina 30 Where Charlie “may ride forever,” in a 1959 hit 31 Gaming biggie 33 Watchdog

org.? 37 Exploit 39 Falcon-finding sleuth Sam Medieval Asian leader 42 Consents 44 Twosomes in

the news 27 41 46 Guadalajara gold

Gulf of Aqaba city

49 Took the sloop Twinkly-eyed sleuth Jane 54 Wisecracking

sleuth Philip 55 Spammer, e.g. 57 City on Utah

Lake 58 Cordial

relations 59 See 17-Across (and see circles for the solution to the mystery) 64 It’s a fact 65 Pain in the

neck, e.g. 66 Roman fiddler 67 Rickman role in Harry Potter films 68 Smidge 69 Feint on the

ice 47 51

1 2

DOWN

FYI cousin Sound from a spa Vientiane native

“Just watch me” Metaphor for youthful indiscretion Former senator Specter Caviar Having a calm temperament Identityconcealing attire, in a Dumas novel Coffee hr. Compact item Perfume compound Epidemicfighting agcy.

18 Mural opening 22 Sashimi

selection 23 Given to

overacting 24 Navel

type 25 Eurasian

divide 28 Star-Lord portrayer Chris 7 8 10 11

12 15 29 Theme park

staple 32 Samoan port 34 One of many on a phone these days 35 Rod in

Cooperstown 36 Positive pole,

perhaps 38 “Hang in

there”

40 Left on a

sloop 43 “D’oh!” 45 More ticked

off 48 Sheltered side 50 __ Joy

51 Honey drinks 52 Capital south

of Beirut 53 Indian yogurt

dip

54 Coffee shop

order

56 Color TV

pioneer

60 It ends rather spookily: Abbr. Busyness symbol 62 Tick off

63 San Francisco’s __ Valley 61

HOW TO PLAY:

CIRCLE THEIR LETTERS ONLY. DO NOT CIRCLE THE WORD.

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Thursday’s Answer: Vegetable