Crossword

ACROSS

1 “The Grapes of Wrath” family name 5 Pay attention to

9 Havana houses

14 Court legend Arthur

15 On the ocean 16 Pixel pattern 17 *Feature of Santa Claus’ beard

19 Kind of wave 20 Colorful birds 22 Woodworking

tool

23 Arouse 26 Enjoys now and then, with “in” 28 __ hand 29 Skater’s

surface 32 Auditioner’s

aim

33 Santa __: dry

winds 34 Chess pieces 35 Peaks 38 Polite address 39 *Out-ofcontrol guy 41 Primitive

dwelling 42 Bothers quite a bit

44 Tiny ammo 45 Rocky Road

holder 46 Italian peak 47 Holiday

veggie 48 Bridle strap 49 Many map

lines

52 Genre for the Village People 53 Lipstick

container 54 Custard-filled

pastries 58 Challenging

tests 60 Roughhousing, or a hint to both parts of the answers to starred clues 64 Permissible 65 Roused 66 Roof

overhang 67 Signed 68 Church

recess 69 Sometimes

seedy loaves

DOWN

1 Word with bone or breaker 2 __Kosh B’gosh

3 Tuna type 4 Routes that contain the letters in “routes”

5 Half a food fish

6 Golfer

Aoki

7 Actor __ Patrick Harris 8 Took a risk

9 Op. __: footnote abbr. 10 Friendly 11 *Bobbysoxer’s

footwear 12 Staring

intently 13 Monica of

tennis 18 Bard’s

“before” 21 Cutting talk 23 Temporary

stage 24 Ancient Greek

region 25 *Football field

director 27 Partner of raised, in bios 29 Copy 30 Cartoon

frame 31 Finish no later

than

36 Long, loose

top 37 Courtroom staple, for short

39 Ebb

40 Corp. VP’s

degree 43 Metal marble 45 Lettuce

keeper 49 Grey Goose

rival 50 Shroud city 51 The “u” sound in “census” 52 “__ Day”: 1993

rap hit 55 Circuit 56 Slow-moving

boats

57 “Now it’s

clear” 59 Normal: Abbr. 61 Put down 62 Hail, to

Hadrian 63 Cry of success