CROSSWORD

BAKERY BATCH

ACROSS

1 Oreo filling 6 Pull a scam on, slangily 10 Subway alternative 13 Some parlor pieces 15 Albert, “the voice of basketball” 16 Call to a flamenco dancer 17 Clever sort 19 Semi- colon? 20 Alternatives to Volvos, once 21 Where gladiators toiled 23 Language that gave us “Kwanzaa” 26 Some Christmas trees 28 In a docile manner 29 Oder River, to the Baltic Sea 30 They’re splitsville 31 Ballet rail 32 Quick on the uptake 35 “Always,” in poem 36 Put- up ponytail, maybe 38 Many a 10- Across 39 Air pump letters 40 Looks at lustfully 41 “___ From Muskogee” 42 Beasts ridden by the Magi 44 Bridge player’s blunder 46 “We Build, We Fight” group 48 Like lasagna or baklava 49 Works with rattan 50 45’ s more- played half, usually 51 Cleopatra’s undoing 52 “No problemo” 58 ___ Day ( May 1 in Hawaii) 59 Celestial bear 60 Harbored, as a grudge 61 Publican’s offering 62 Creator of the GOP elephant 63 Shows partiality

DOWN

1 Band’s merch table offerings 2 Salted part of a margarita glass 3 NASA “walk” 4 Cattails’ locales 5 Involve by necessity 6 Aetna and CIGNA 7 Tree sacred to the Druids 8 ___ Lanka 9 “Our Miss Brooks” star 10 CIA worker, perhaps 11 Without peer 12 Often- buggy software versions 14 Like a dragon’s skin 18 Geisha’s accessory 22 Regret bitterly 23 Hard to climb, perhaps 24 Tends to, as a handlebar mustache 25 1971 Don McLean hit 26 Novi Sad natives 27 Cuzco’s land 29 10- Across riders 31 Unwelcome mail, perhaps 33 Satchel in Cooperstown 34 Trapped, as a cat 36 Like Will Rogers’ humor 37 “A Death in the Family” author 41 Good- sized suburban lot 43 The fin man? 44 Gas tested for in homes 45 Sight to behold 46 La ___ ( Milan opera house) 47 Stand for a portraitist 48 Risk a perjury rap 50 Sing like Cab Calloway 53 Org. in “Michael Collins” 54 Pothook shape 55 Simile center 56 Trivia whiz Jennings 57 MS. recipients Answers: Call 1- 900- 988- 8300, 99 cents a minute; or, with a credit card, 1- 800- 320- 4280.

© Andrews McMeel 6/ 20