CROSSWORD
SENIOR PARTNERS
ACROSS
1 Take the plunge
6 Assaulted, e.g.
11 “Time-out” hand signal
14 Cut off from civilization 15 Crumble gradually 16 One overdoing it on stage
17 Suit with many plaintiffs
19 Supply artiller y to
20 Eluded the seeker
21 Covered in slime, e.g.
22 In a fitting manner
24 At the workplace, as training
26 TCBY stack
28 Place for on-sale clothing
33 Has no love for
36 Up-front payment
37 Chaney of horror movies
38 Home to most of Turkey
39 Goes on the lam
40 Dragon’s exhalation
41 Put a match to
42 Word of lament
43 Cara of “Fame”
44 Marathoner’s statistic
48 Kaleidoscopic gems
49 Dirty campaigners’ attacks
53 Spatter-catching garment 55 Terrible-tasting 57 Sajak who sells vowels
58 Write hastily
59 Orson Welles classic
63 In the manner of
64 Gas brand relaunched in 2017
65 Fabric with diagonal ridges
66 Become inedible
67 Of historic importance
68 Maze word
DOWN
1 Like Stallone’s persona 2 Last-ditch poker bet
3 They all lead to Rome, it’s said
4 IV administerers
5 Rejoinder to “Ain’t!”
6 Mild expletive
7 Pseudo-cultured
8 Enthusiastic response to “Wanna?” 9 Needless fuss 10 Landlord’s payer 11 “Fake news!” 12 Countess’ spouse 13 TV’s Oscar counterpart 18 Valuable cards in blackjack
23 Unit pricing word
25 Innovation’s origin
26 Adorable to the max
27 Tip jar stuffers
29 Maria, “La Divina” of opera
30 Shaq in auto insurance ads
31 Hackneyed humor
32 Place for a jeans patch
33 Ring in religious art
34 “Not gonna happen!”
35 Retaliation in kind
39 Go down the tubes
40 Out of the slammer
43 Bigger than big
45 NYSE launch
46 Kick-line dance
47 Speck in the sea
50 No longer an item
51 Two octaves for a vocalist, perhaps
52 Take the helm
53 Not completely shut
54 Casual shirt style
55 Smoking or swearing, to some
56 54-Down brand
60 Texter’s viewpoint intro 61 Typical Nick Jr. viewer
62 Documentarian Burns
Tuesday’s Answer