CROSSWORD

MADE UP

ACROSS

1 Obstacle to seeking help, sometimes 7 Org. where Mary Jackson worked as an engineer 11 Format for an e- ticket 14 Spain’s capital 15 Request from an orthodontist 17 Burning the midnight oil 18 Close race 19 Adolescent 20 “___ is more” 22 GPA- boosting class 23 Headed for overtime

25 A key might be hidden under one 26 Drove too fast 28 Sci- fi vessel 34 Mild cheese from the Netherlands 35 Apple products 36 Discard 37 Special vibe

38 “The Moment of Lift” author Melinda 39 Hawaiian dance 40 Support for a sunflower 41 Among

42 They determine eye color 43 Events of scientific interest 45 Tallies up 46 “Dispatches From Elsewhere” actress Lindley 47 Comedy star Rudolph

49 Get up 52 Velvety green growth 54 Office letter 58 Literary sensation 60 Climbed to the top of 62 Children’s get- together

63 Got a great score in golf

64 Do some needlework 65 Mining targets 66 Bird sounds

DOWN

1 Inappropriate material 2 Word after “cassette” or “duct” 3 Awaiting orders, say

4 Given a pardon 5 School near Harvard

6 “Send My Love ( To Your New Lover)” singer 7 Silently agrees 8 Tailless primates 9 Kraken’s habitat 10 From a South American mountain range 11 Dishes with crusts 12 June 6, 1944 13 Crumbly cheese from Greece

16 “How much do I owe you?” 21 Sushi bar appetizer 24 Journalist ___ B. Wells 25 Neatnik’s bane 26 Toward Antarctica 27 Liquefy using a blender

29 Pig ___ ( pseudolanguage) 30 Wintry roof buildups 31 Doggedly pursue 32 Caribbean multitude

33 Anti- vaping spots, e. g. 34 Astonished sound 38 Spades, for example

42 Part of LGBTQIA+

44 “Don’t ___ it” 48 Positive aspect 49 Audio boosters 50 Govern with complete power

51 “Guess who ___ today?”

52 “G’day, ___!” 53 Poems expressing praise 55 Magazine that’s a palindrome

56 “Nice to ___ you!” 57 Betting ratios 59 Unit of corn 61 Crow’s sound

© Andrews McMeel