By Jacqueline E. Mathews

ACROSS

1 Kennel noise 4 Rapscallion 9 Night twinkler 13 Rosary piece 15 Advice to the

uptight 16 Commotion 17 Didnʼt __ for;

disliked

18 Phone

answererʼs word 19 “__ to Bali”;

Hope/Crosby film 20 Lessened 22 Lawn trees 23 Walk with

difficulty

24 Kick the bucket 26 Like green

peaches

29 Office machines 34 People, places &

things

35 Jail, slangily 36 Statute

37 Morse __ 38 Pitchfork part 39 Lionʼs locks

40 As well as

41 Mob

42 Terra-__;

earthenware 43 Fortune-tellers 45 Most immaculate 46 That fellow

47 “__ in the U.S.A.”;

Springsteen hit 48 Coffee

51 Soaking up 56 Military fliers, for

short 57 Understood,

though not said 58 “All You __ Is Love”; Beatles song

60 Queen

Margrethe II, e.g. 61 Uneven

62 Fence opening 63 Small digits 64 Underground

channel 65 Cookware item

DOWN

1 Top file drawer 2 Learning to __;

first-grade task 3 Plane ride cost 4 Plot

5 Not built to last 6 Has COVID-19,

e.g.

7 Marseille miss:

abbr.

8 Trudging

9 Part of an

address 10 Wrench or saw 11 Eden evictee 12 Slender sticks 14 Refuse, as an

offer

21 Tears

25 Writing fluid 26 Remove the lid

from

27 Lunch hours 28 Rosy-cheeked 29 Tills the soil 30 Lemon peel 31 Gladden 32 Delivers a tirade 33 Workout

by-product 35 Swamp critter, for

short

38 Apes

39 Time to wake up 41 Fraternity letter 42 Gutterʼs place 44 Makes sore by

rubbing 45 Baggage

handler

47 U.S. state

capital

48 One of the

martial arts 49 As bald __

eagle 50 Weathercock 52 Uncovered 53 River

transport

54 Tide type

55 “__ move on!”;

cry to a dawdler 59 Comfy room

Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 2/9/21