OVERHEARD AT THE ZOO
ACROSS
1 Applies an icebag to, say
6 Alma mater of Bush 41 and 43 10 Places for seaweed wraps
14 Give or take 15 Black, to a bard 16 Banjoist Scruggs 17 Jamaican tourist destination
19 ___-lock brakes
20 Absorb, as a cost
21 Ill-fated fleet of
1588
22 Stand the test of time
23 Metal marble
25 Laddie’s lid
26 Tree covering that’s a source of spice
32 Hard-nosed
35 Oater outpost
36 Sweetie
37 Land where Quechua is spoken
38 Money in Malta
40 Labor Day weekend event
41 Dinghy implement
42 Purina dog food brand
43 Every novel has one
44 Rush-hour headache
48 Energy bar morsel
49 Many fans of the Browns
53 Brake parts
55 “Things are looking bleak”
58 Female rabbit
59 Dwindles, as support
60 “Herzog” author
62 Natural burn soother
63 Conga formation
64 Kind of urban pollution
65 Archipelago units
66 Benevolent brotherhood
67 Taro or yam DOWN
1 Newborns’ acquisitions 2 Seagoing wolfpack unit 3 Three-card ___ (scammer’s game)
4 “On the other hand . . .”
5 Enter on the sly 6 Naval clerks 7 “SOS” pop group 8 Washer capacity 9 “A Day Without Rain” New Ager 10 Underwater habitat of the
1960s
11 Straw topper 12 Dance and drama, for two 13 Buttonhole, essentially
18 Sheepish look
24 Sandy shade
25 Demolitionist’s need
27 “Hair” styles
28 Holstein’s utterance
29 Places for hospital scrubs, for short
30 Hot streak
31 Replaceable joint
32 “X” may mark it
33 Hazmat suit hazard
34 Gofer
38 Wallach who acted well into his 90s
39 Merchandise ID
40 Fodder storage site
42 Toward the rudder
43 Big name in chewing gum
45 Acts the mother hen
46 Lords and ladies
47 Melville’s obsessed mariner
50 Wing it on stage
51 Fate of a Wild West outlaw, perhaps 52 Conduit accessed via manhole
53 Reach a high
54 Having the right stuff
55 Any of the Bahamas
56 Cat’s body part that aids in balance 57 Done for 61 Comical Costello