CROSSWORD
STARTER HOMES ACROSS
1 Twitter followers, perhaps 5 Ones to hang with 9 KFC side dish 13 Grunted refusal 14 Where Margaret Mead studied 15 Leonine locks 16 Toy on a track 18 Dylan’s “It ___ Me Babe” 19 Organ in an orbit 20 Source of slag 21 California range, familiarly 23 Pouty looks 25 Order by Wile E. Coyote from 49-Down 26 Rudely confront 29 Southwest or northeast section, e.g. 34 At one’s boiling point 35 Contented kitten’s sound 36 Arab League dignitary 37 Sport for beefy battlers 38 Freshly polished 39 Chuck E. Cheese and Itchy, for two 40 Creepy look 41 Smears pitch on 42 J-shaped candies 43 Stretch out 45 Verdict returners 46 Either of Dumbo’s “wings” 47 Utensil with short tines 49 Maine State Museum city 53 Feel punky 54 “Solved it!” 57 Energy or drug policymaker 58 “Don’t play” notation 61 Soy-based soup 62 Not slouching 63 “No diagonal words,” in Scrabble 64 Channel for score updates 65 Former Big Apple mayor Ed 66 Poisonous river of the underworld
DOWN
1 See red 2 Yachter’s “Yo!” 3 Like a skinny-dipper 4 Sow or cow’s pronoun 5 “Gay” city of song 6 Org. with a noted journal 7 Hi’s comics spouse 8 Free of contamination 9 Wise guy’s words 10 Villain’s hideout 11 Faris of “Mom” 12 Hoses down 14 Walk like a peacock 17 Ready to fall out 22 Word after living or receiving
23 Muscle-controlling nerve cell 24 Knights’ attendants 26 Senate divider 27 Capable of atrocities 28 Fleeting movie role 30 Buffet table vessels 31 ___ acid (protein component) 32 Much less 27-Down 33 Salon clipping 35 Excellent, slangily 38 “Where no man has gone before” series 42 Stooge who said “Soitenly!” 44 Cooking fuel option 45 Ceiling support 48 Tire puncture application 49 Cartoon catalog company 50 Commandos’ arms 51 Display horror, in a way 52 Low-resistance, as a bike helmet 54 Lie against 55 Worthy of sainthood 56 Trebek with all the answers 59 Brief interval, briefly 60 ___ Dash (seasoning brand)