CROSSWORD

EARS TO THE GROUND

ACROSS

1 Outdoes 6 Behavior that might prompt someone to yell “Get a room!” 9 Made a rip in 13 Spanish for “milk” 14 Charged particles 16 Marge Simpson’s is blue 17 Regions 18 Against 19 “Tell Mama” singer James 20 Unsubtle verbal nudge 22 Engraves 24 Goes out with 25 Destiny’s Child or the Supremes, for example 27 “Wide Sargasso ___” ( Jean Rhys novel) 29 “Is that so?” 33 Honorific in Hialeah 36 Ingredient in bhindi masala 37 Sewing line 38 Greets 39 ___ Speedwagon 40 Room with a retractable ladder, often 41 Home of the Bruins 42 Banh mi spread 43 Scenic view 44 Where Birmingham and Atlanta are located 46 Prof’s aides 47 Serving dishes for soups 49 Pincer, e. g. 53 Frequently misspelled contraction 56 Cyclist’s place on the road 58 Debt metaphor 59 Design detail, for short 61 Competitor of Blue Cross Blue Shield 62 “La ___ Bonita” ( Madonna song) 63 Deck furniture wood 64 Sheet fabric 65 Sirius or Betelgeuse 66 Tax org. 67 Beeches and banyans

DOWN

1 Case of the ___ ( discontented feeling) 2 Unsettling 3 Public spat 4 “It’s retro, but in a bad way” 5 Meetup, slangily 6 Tough instrument for movers to move 7 “It would behoove you to be less antagonistic” 8 Insect that sounds like family 9 “It looks safe!” 10 Vow 11 Bat mitzvah, for one 12 Time periods 15 ___ Leone 21 Hoppy brew letters 23 Word after “tongue” or “twist” 26 Pang 28 Hospital parts, for short 30 Allows 31 French for “milk” 32 Village People hit sung at many sporting events 33 Closed 34 Apiece 35 River through Khartoum and Cairo 36 Speak at a podium, say 40 “13th” director DuVernay 42 Least polluted 45 Collective word 46 Judgy sound 48 Shaving mishaps 50 Barista creation 51 Singer Clark, aka St. Vincent 52 Stops breastfeeding 53 “___ Is Us” 54 Sender of invites 55 “First Lady of Song” Fitzgerald 57 Dawn direction 60 Architect I. M.

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