CROSSWORD
MESSRS. X
ACROSS
1 Grey of Western novels
5 Latex application
9 Granny or half hitch
13 Utah city near Provo
14 Deep Throat, to the Watergate informant 16 Mount St. Helens outflow
17 Bart Simpson’s bus driver
18 Sousa specialty 19 Like congressional election years
20 Retailer’s undercover worker
23 Not at all congenial
24 “Ink Master” design, for short
25 “The Hustle” genre
28 Mooch, as a ride
31 Hangs heavy 0
35 An enthusiast of
36 “La ___” (Puccini opera)
38 Papa John’s order
39 Deep Throat of Watergate, e.g.
42 Still in the crate
43 Actors in mob scenes
44 Place with a hiking path, maybe
45 Major concert venue
47 Is afflicted with
48 Community spirit
49 Returns recipient (Abbr.)
51 Rex Tillerson, to ExxonMobil, once 52 U.S. serviceman whose tomb is always guarded
60 Where John Kasich governs 61 Singing group on a riser
62 Wood shaper’s tool
63 Quinnipiac or Pew undertaking
64 In a way, informally
65 Ran like the wind
66 Stadium replaced by Citi Field
67 Marmalade ingredient 68 Airline whose name means “skyward”
DOWN
1 Lens with a variable focal length 2 Pseudo-stylish 3 Butterfly collectors’ gear
4 :-) or :-(
5 Top-selling Toyota
6 Big name in skin care
7 Shows on TV
8 Dashboard dial, for short
9 Compulsive shoplifter, slangily 10 Basilica center 11 No longer in love with
12 Catch some rays 15 Tried for a goal 21 ___-friendly (“green”) 22 Caveman-style diet 25 The People’s Princess
26 Word before child or tube 27 “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” novelist 28 Assassin who shouted “Sic semper tyrannis!”
29 Zoe Saldana’s “Star Trek” role
30 Flat-topped formations
32 The “O” of O Magazine
33 Prefix with wave or brewery
34 Is “it,” in a game
36 Stunt biker’s bike
37 What novels begin as (Abbr.)
40 Have a hankering
41 Fully informed
46 Electricity pioneer Tesla
48 Bioelectric swimmer
50 Common laundromat loss
51 Pink hue named for a sea creature 52 “Whoops!”
53 Karnak’s river
54 Defeat decisively
55 “Master of ___” (Netflix series)
56 A or B, on an LP 57 Kelly Clarkson was the first, briefly
58 Pound of poetry
59 Irish dance
60 Word after black or special