CROSSWORD

FOLKLORE FOLK

ACROSS

1 Worker with bricks 6 “Scram, kitty!” 10 “Don’t go, doggie!” 14 Political consultant’s concern 15 Nature trail, e.g. 16 “A ___ coincidence!” 17 Nabisco wafer brand 18 Cleveland’s waters 19 Answers, on “Jeopardy!” 20 Online troublemaker 23 Veggie burger base 24 Sleep clinic furnishings 25 Tie together 28 Catch at a theater 29 Stag’s mate 30 Fare carrier 31 Small, dense star 36 Uses a pogo stick 37 Happen over and over 38 “Rosemary’s Baby” novelist Levin 39 Textile with a wavy pattern 40 Land on the Caspian Sea 41 Subcompact of the 1970s 43 Bricks measure 44 AL or NL honoree 45 Off-roader’s vehicle, familiarly 46 Salad follower, perhaps 48 Manhattan gallery area 50 Down with the flu, say 53 Fudgy treat with crunchy bits 56 SeaWorld frolicker 58 Scrapbooker’s need 59 Ready to blow one’s stack 60 Milker’s container 61 Crustiest parts of loaves 62 Not as unhinged 63 Affectedly cultured 64 RSVP enclosure 65 Austin Powers portrayer Mike

DOWN

1 Tiny M&M’s sold in tubes 2 ___ acid (protein component) 3 Like ocean air 4 Eye rudely 5 Not-too-potent brew 6 Radar gun reading 7 Hot dog vendors’ vehicles 8 Arguing vehemently 9 Legalese adverb 10 McDonald’s fries option 11 Alternating current producer 12 Craft in “Noah” 13 “You called?” 21 Financial aid criterion 22 Microphone tester’s word 26 Calf-length pants style 27 Buddy who played Jed Clampett 28 Zap with a Taser 29 Move with a mouse 31 Act on a novel idea? 32 Wetlands wader 33 Words from the impatient 34 Weak-kneed sort 35 Chip shot’s trajectory 36 Bedrock, to the Flintstones 39 Copycat’s practice 41 Gets even for 42 Essen’s region 44 Gibson with two Oscars 47 Come-frombehind effort 48 Some tuxedo fasteners 49 Needing two seats, perhaps 50 Totally foolish 51 About 1.06 quarts 52 Creepy looks 54 Fifth-longest human bone 55 Fay of “King Kong” 56 Place to detox 57 Van Gogh’s loss