IT’S A GUIDE THING
ACROSS
1 It starts when the curtain rises
5 Fill one’s tank 10 Jessica of
“The Love Guru” 14 River herring 15 “August: ___ County” (Streep movie) 16 Revolutionary Trotsky
17 Flame in a gas stove
19 Act the couch potato
20 Octopus’s release
21 Go by Metro
22 Groundhog Day sight
24 “Let’s Make a Deal” wear
26 Doesn’t bail out 27 Far from square, in old slang 28 Series of missed calls
31 Vapers don’t create them
34 Place for a mail slot, perhaps
35 Two gelcaps, say
36 G.I. ___ (toy chest item)
37 Up a tree, maybe
40 Appeared in print
41 Woeful word
43 Boosters of the Ivy League’s Bulldogs
44 Its 100-pound note depicts the Sphinx
46 “Through the Looking-Glass” character
48 Upscale hotel amenity
49 Prone to sullen moods
50 Blatant deception
54 Easily controlled
56 Burn on a barbecue
57 Hardly stringent
58 Vigorous spirit
59 Link between heads of state, say 62 Links conveyance
63 Walton who wrote “The Compleat Angler”
64 No longer hung up on
65 Takes out, mob-style
66 Semiaquatic salamanders 67 Second to none
DOWN
1 Jelly in canned hams
2 Sturdy trousers fabric
3 Events at summit meetings
4 Reply to “You think so?” 5 Become “boneless,” like an angry tot
6 Spoken thought, on stage
7 Spice in BBQ rubs
8 “Tastes terrible!”
9 Place to buy chew toys 10 Quieted, as qualms
11 Front page article 12 Clown popularized by Capitol Records
13 From the top
18 Loyal to the max
23 Solo of sci-fi
25 Part of BTW
26 Seeks bargains
28 Visit unannounced
29 Rush job initials
30 Courtly fellow
31 Slightly open, like a
34-Across 32 Word before heir or survivor
33 Hijab, e.g.
34 Chicago politico
38 Landed, as a fish
39 Hit the road
42 Reacts to glare
45 Needle-nosed fish
47 Cyberspace address, briefly
48 Dilapidated dwellings
50 Peek during hide-and-seek, say
51 Still in contention 52 Claire of “Homeland”
53 Put forth, as energy
54 Radio City’s design style, informally
55 Movie snowman voiced by Josh Gad 56 Pouch near a bird’s throat
60 Suffix with bowdler or Balkan
61 Easy toss