Crossword
Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
ACROSS
1 Persepolis ruins
locale 5 Prickly plants 10 Former Supreme
Court first name 14 iPod model 15 Garden nuisance 16 Protection org.
since 1970 17 Lions in the city? 19 Slangy sweeties 20 Pulitzer-winning
author Lurie 21 Spring 23 Conanʼs network 24 Willamette River
capital 25 Fish with
experience? 27 UFO fliers,
presumably 28 __ bath 30 Luke and Leiaʼs
mother 31 Show-offs 35 Pats gently 36 Bees behind
bars? 38 Inland Asian sea 40 Fixture in some
no-parking zones 41 Starr man 43 One kept on a
child at the pool 44 Hole goal 47 Whales on the
run? 51 GE rival 53 “Alas!” prompter 54 Seafarers 55 USC athlete 56 Novel ending? 58 Wolves with a
clean lair? 60 Miranda __ of
“Homeland” 61 Dutch cheeses 62 Czech track
legend Zátopek 63 Zen riddle 64 “Building a Mystery” singer McLachlan 65 Cook of comedy
DOWN
1 If 2 Scold harshly 3Wile E. Coyote
weapons 4 White __ 5 Boʼsʼn boss 6 Loan fig. 7 Put on ice 8 Helped through a tough time, with “over” 9 Brainstorming
session output 10 Director Reiner 11 Paper with Money and Life sections 12 Awesome,
slangily 13 Bothers 18 Public town park 22 Narcʼs find 25 “Funny thing
is ... ” 26 “I __ thought of
that” 29 Home to the Ogden Raptors of MiLB 31 Hägar the
Horribleʼs wife 32 Med. condition with repetitive behavior 33 Hurt in a ring 34 Take out, as a
vampire 36 Italian bacon 37 Like difficult
push-ups 38 “Do you and I need to clear the air?” 39 Dish with arborio
rice 42 Withdraw, with
“out” 44 __ party 45 Aleve rival 46 Really get to 48 Wasp nest
sites 49 Red-carpet
brand 50 NBA great Robertson nicknamed “The Big O” 52 Minibike kin 55 Derriere 57 Long time to wait,
facetiously 59 Thurman in films