Crossword

ACROSS

1 Young dog or seal 4 Ire

9 Bakery fixtures 14 Communication system for the deaf, for short 15 Second-largest city in Oklahoma 16 High-quality black tea 17 Author of the memoir “Spoken From the Heart” (2010) 19 Supreme Court justice Kagan 20 In ___ (as found) 21 Busy buzzer 22 Shape of a rainbow 23 Author of the memoir “First Lady From Plains” (1984) 29 Attempt 30 “I apologize!”

31 “Shogun” or “The Lord of the Rings” 33 Attend, as an event

35 Inits. in some church names 36 Author of the memoir “Becoming” (2018)

40 Sly animal 41 Internet forum overseers, informally 42 Swiss peaks 43 Kind of seat in a fighter jet 46 Sign of a B’way success 47 Author of the memoir “Living History” (2003) 52 Even a single one 53 Bagel topper 54 Egg cell 56 Gerontologist’s study

59 Author of the memoir “The Times of My Life” (1978) 61 Geico mascot 62 Wash

63 Mag. number 64 “What ___!” (“It’s so sloppy!”) 65 Symbol of Christianity 66 Actor Billy ___ Williams

DOWN

1 Buddies

2 Former competitor of Southwest

3 Demoted planet 4 One day ___ time 5 Rough and textured, as fabric

6 Sticky

7 German steel city 8 “Go team!”

9 “La Traviata” and “Carmen” 10 Alternative to shoelaces 11 Barely make, with “out” 12 Opposite of oui 13 Mediterranean or Adriatic 18 Suitable for the country 22 Sound before someone says “Gesundheit!” 24 Prefix with angel or enemy

25 Jots down 26 Disney’s “Lady and the ___”

27 Humorist Bombeck and others 28 Bread for a Reuben sandwich 31 Texter’s pictograph 32 Dot in a 31-Down 33 See 34-Down 34 With 33-Down, the U.S. flag, affectionately 37 Prestigious Atlanta university 38 Farm building

39 Many 40 Sound of disgust 44 Chain-rattling sounds 45 Argentine partner dances 46 Generous portions of pie 48 Cloudless 49 Game of chance whose results are often televised 50 Egg-shaped 51 One taking vitals, perhaps

55 Commercial goods: Abbr. 56 Turkish title 57 “Columbia, the ___ of the Ocean”

58 What’s dispensed from the middle of many a soda dispenser 59 Network on the telly 60 “Affirmative”

PUZZLE BY SALLY HOELSCHER