CROSSWORD
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
ACROSS
1 Poor, as chances go
5 Bit of dust
10 Loses rigidity
14 Worry-free state
15 Roaster in a roasting pan 16 Lamebrain, to a Londoner 17 “Stop pouring!” 18 Launch an insurrection
19 Rip-roaring review
20 “Authorized personnel only” zone
23 Trials and tribulations
24 Turn topsy-turvy
25 Adds a lane to
28 Constant complainers 31 Kazakhstan’s locale
32 Dutch city or cheese
33 “Three Little Kittens” treat
36 Many a retired former New Yorker
40 Blue-striped billiard ball
41 Mentally out of it
42 Logician’s “therefore”
43 Philadelphia skater
44 Use lanolin on, say
46 Have a tiff
49 Travel like Sinbad
50 British village known for cheesemaking
56 One of several on a raccoon’s tail 57 Disposable cup brand
58 Whistle blast
60 Regarding, on a memo
61 Etchers’ fluids
62 Sauteing need, to Rachael Ray
63 Gets accomplished
64 Sacred choral work
65 Challenge “accepted” by 20-,
36- and 50-Across DOWN
1 Take part in a quilting bee 2 Cowardly Lion portrayer 3 Reply to “Catch my drift?”
4 Jos. A. Bank wares
5 Haunted hayride offerings
6 “Les Miserables” city
7 Like some struggles and proportions 8 Haggler’s issue 9 Joint with a cap 10 Fanny pack securers
11 Far from clueless
12 Established as fact
13 Suffix with bed or home
21 Load of bricks, maybe
22 Persian Gulf emirate
25 Float like smoke rings
26 Tropical vacation destination
27 Celine with five Grammys
28 Apple cobbler maker’s utensil
29 Felt remorse over
30 TiVo users can skip these
32 Hypnotic look
33 Likely to talk back
34 “Picnic” dramatist William 35 Prince Harry’s alma mater 37 Ran at a red light
38 LDS part
39 Like a flat tire
43 Falsifies, as figures
44 Most like Solomon
45 Tanker’s load
46 Unpleasantly bitter
47 Herbivorous heavyweight
48 Mystery or history, e.g.
49 Slyly sarcastic 51 Sandler who voiced Dracula 52 Anti-Mafia acronym
53 Sign at a drive-thru
54 PBS science series since 1974
55 One of a coupe’s pair
59 Corn site