CROSSWORD
GENERATION GAPS ACROSS
1 “___ in Boots”
5 Became frayed
9 Rascally sort
14 Not backing
15 State unequivocally
16 Peninsular Arab land
17 Reef explorer’s equipment
19 Form a collective
20 Cool Whip container
21 What’s typical
22 Warren who played Dick Tracy 23 Email address symbol
25 Dish with croutons, perhaps 27 Vacationer’s goal, often
29 Turn for the worse
33 Like decongestant sprays
36 One of a matched pair
38 Group preceding the millennials
39 Beatnik’s “gotcha”
40 Isn’t straight with
41 Lake bordering four states
42 Loll in a hammock
43 Stats considered in Cy Young voting
44 Many busy-season hirees
45 Comes out of hiding
47 “As a result . . .”
49 Alphabetizes, e.g.
51 BoSox division
55 Designs with a laser, say
58 Try for a receiver
60 Cheech and Chong, e.g.
61 Sounds from a Siamese
62 Top tech whiz
64 Pitch-black
65 “Law & Order” subject
66 Word in many shoppe names 67 Word before pad or pool
68 Colon, in an emoticon
69 Cardinal number suffix
DOWN
1 Rotini or fusilli
2 With all scenes included 3 Re-entry requirements
4 Quint, to another quint 5 Oregon Trail transports
6 No longer hung up on
7 Copy paper units
8 Make a bonehead move
9 Piglet’s cry
10 Birds often considered pests 11 Working diligently 12 LeBlanc of “Man With a Plan” 13 Seals, to orcas
18 Member of a heavenly choir
22 Grace word
24 “Embraceable You” lyricist
26 Rap-sheet entry
28 It’ll drive you to drink
30 Salon job, informally
31 Hedge clippers sound 32 Partners who’ve parted
33 Khartoum’s river
34 Maroon 5 vocalist Levine
35 22, for Shaq’s shoes
37 Peron of Argentina
40 Hecklers’ sounds
44 Sooner State oil city
46 Heads for
48 Chops finely
50 Spread awkwardly 52 Two-time Billboard Artist of the Year 53 Shoe material in an Elvis tune
54 Straphanger’s buy, once 55 Outback runners 56 Encampment setup 57 “Merry old” king 59 Altar’s place, typically 62 Opening Day pitcher, usually
63 Came down with