The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)
Play ball — baseball crossword, that is
ACROSS
1 Response to a texterʼs pun
4 Marsh
9 Perched atop
13 Do __ with; eliminate
15 Blanket
16 Number of regular innings
17 Lucie Arnazʼs brother
18 Of sheep
19 Lobsterʼs extremity
20 __ to the plate; took action
22 Part of the eye
23 Claim against property
24 Commotion
26 Dodges
29 Trail off from others
34 Cried for a bowl of milk
35 Televised
36 Sunbeam
37 Actor Garrett
38 Yearned
39 Fishermanʼs hope
40 Teeʼs forerunner
41 Stick out; protrude
42 One of Santaʼs reindeer
43 Practice
45 Waist-length jacket
46 Beret or tam
47 Shipʼs commander: abbr.
48 Piece of china
51 Insulting
56 Nabisco snack
57 Dinner course
58 Christmas carol
60 Region
61 Uneven
62 Ms. Lollobrigida
63 Wraps up
64 Made clothing
65 Harrison or Reed
DOWN
1 Youth
2 Has debts
3 Final
4 Gastroenterology tools
5 Made with a loom
6 Needing no encouragement
7 List of dishes 8 Readied
9 Do a plumberʼs job
10 Heap
11 __ even keel
12 Walter Cronkiteʼs field
14 Caved in
21 “The __ Piper of Hamelin”
25 Family member
26 Glowing bit of coal
27 Poem division
28 __ in; inundated by
29 Burn the edges of
30 “Youʼre barking up the wrong __!”
31 Embedded dirt
32 Procrastinatorʼs word
33 See __ eye; agree
35 Has a bug
38 For all practical __; in reality
39 Leaving suddenly
41 Sheepish remark
42 Chronic lung disease
44 Canyon bouncebacks
45 __ together; united
47 Stop
48 __ off; fall asleep
49 Press clothes
50 __ away; dismiss
52 Riderʼs charge
53 Move smoothly, like a stream
54 Pinot __; popular red wine
55 Kelly or Wilder
59 Calif.ʼs busiest airport