The Union Democrat

THE DAILY CROSSWORD

- Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis for the Los Angeles Times

ACROSS

1 Technical details 6 Roadie’s load 10 World’s best

selling cookie 14 Superhero sound

effect

15 Are in the past? 16 Home to il

Colosseo

17 Ouzo flavoring 18 Drywall material 20 “Won’t you be __ and ... ”: polite request words 22 School

fundraisin­g gp. 23 Filmmaker

Brooks

24 Freezer aisle

treat

27 Spelling

showdown 28 Sleep stage 29 Sound like an ass 30 “Piece of cake!” 31 Chill

34 Syrup source 36 Instructio­n to start playing ... or a hint to the end of 18-, 24-, 49- and 56-Across 39 Eagle or evil

organ 40 Unrecovera­ble expense, in economics 43 Cat’s warning 46 Seek, as a compliment, with “for”

47 “Argo” spy org. 48 Total: Abbr. 49 Similar but unspecifie­d things 53 Unwinding spot 54 2016 Olympics

city

55 Outline, maybe 56 Peepers of a certain color, affectiona­tely 60 Lyric poem

62 Get up in arms 63 Crafts go-with 64 French greeting 65 Finds in mines 66 Ink cartridge color 67 Digital “I’ve got it!”

gestures

DOWN

1 Jamaican genre 2 Cure-all

3 Marked by widespread growth

4 Trig ratio 5 Promise with one

hand on the Bible 6 Cuteness

reactions

7 “I could go either

way”

8 Like Ivy League

clothing styles 9 Sort out 10 “Catch-22” pilot 11 irobot vacuum 12 Award show hosts 13 Buffalo Bill show

shooter

19 Select, as for

a job 21 Money-back offer 24 Not online: Abbr. 25 Structure with a

keystone 26 Finally arrives 30 Totally rad, in

modern lingo 32 Club fees 33 Queen __: “Lemonade” star’s nickname

34 Summery

headwear 35 Pose a question 37 Sled dog

command 38 Soda since

1886 41 Evaluated, as

competitio­n 42 Looney toon? 43 Monopoly

maker

44 Get in the way of

45 Horse house 46 Like a baker’s

apron, probably 49 Wall St. trader 50 Purple hue 51 Lock on the head 52 Country made up

of 6,852 islands 57 “Sure”

58 GPS approx. 59 Taxpayer’s ID 61 “The War of the

Worlds” foes, e.g.

 ?? By Adam Vincent ?? 12/15/20
By Adam Vincent 12/15/20

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