CROSSWORD

WASTELAND

ACROSS

1 Pack animal in Peru 6 Annoying person 10 Hosp. section 13 ___ and aahed 14 Bit of 2- Down 15 Con artist’s plan 16 Another name for a raccoon 18 Video game protagonist Croft 19 Decide when the wedding will be 20 Liquefies 21 Pecan or cashew 22 Tons and tons 23 End of a blowout game 29 Cookies with creme 30 Historical period 31 Take back due to default

35 Lake near Jordan 38 “Do you have a guess?” 40 Sentimental types 41 Sra. counterpart 43 At an angle 44 Four- legged siblings 47 Computer user who might say “I’m in”

51 Dec. 24 or 31, e. g. 52 “The game is ___!” 53 5K or half marathon, for example 59 Large chunk 60 Spot for paper clips and rubber bands and screwdrivers and pencils and takeout menus and . . . 62 British 37- Down institution

63 “Ah, makes sense” 64 Make amends 65 Aliens ( Abbr.) 66 Home planet of many fictional aliens 67 Martial arts goals

DOWN

1 Parking areas 2 Body of traditions 3 At the drop of ___ 4 Flat- topped landform 5 Adderall is prescribed for it 6 Stone figure in a park 7 Hannah Gadsby stand- up special 8 Not recent 9 Drink that might be full of bubbles 10 Bet- matching phrase in poker 11 A la ___

12 New England college, for short 15 Vehicle such as the qamutiik 17 Hunger pain 20 One of the Three Stooges 22 Neighbor of Yemen 23 Deities

24 Trig calculation 25 “You ___ what you sow”

26 Physiques, for short 27 Donkey 28 Savings letters 31 Acting legend Moreno

32 Get from rough to final 33 Brazilian soccer star 34 Breakfast sometimes prepared overnight 36 Qatar leader 37 Murals and such

39 Staple of Nigerian cuisine

42 More dour 44 Allow

45 Calls to mind 46 Peruse a book 47 “___ makes waste”

48 G sharp equivalent 49 Layers of paint

50 Japan’s sixthlargest city 54 Dull

55 “At any ___ . . .” 56 Missing, for short 57 Penny’s worth 58 Spanish for “you are” 60 Muppets creator Henson 61 “Briarpatch” network

© Andrews McMeel