CROSSWORD
MINISERIES
ACROSS
1 Writer of verses 5 Comic Crutchfield 9 “___ the night before Christmas . . .” 13 Spring bloom from a bulb 15 Badly behaved kid 16 Long-eared leaper 17 “The Hunger Games” setting 18 Detest 19 Margin 20 Home to “View of Paris from Vincent’s Room in the Rue Lepic” 23 Item of lingerie 25 Forgets an email attachment, say 26 Moon-related phenomena 27 Noisy baby toy 29 Positive quality 31 Looked-up-to person 32 Take the wheel 34 “Lovecraft Country” channel 37 Checkout counter devices 41 Medical show settings, for short 42 Falafel holders 43 Opera song 44 License plates 45 Like relatively few theatrical releases nowadays 47 Sunflower relative 50 Sprinter’s assignment 52 Itsy-bitsy 53 Circumvent a point of contention 57 Some family members, for short 58 Pothole’s place 59 Windy City airport 62 Singer Brickell 63 “If all ___ fails . . .” 64 Skin openings 65 Bygone Russian ruler 66 Peered at 67 Rope fiber
DOWN
1 School support grp. 2 Sharer’s word 3 They go up and down in a skyscraper 4 Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Turner 5 Detest 6 Talks big 7 ___ bomb (fizzy relaxation aid) 8 List component 9 Major college paper 10 Walked in the surf 11 Engage in bickering 12 Appears to be 14 Collection of experts 21 Test for some college seniors 22 Driver’s 180 23 Persuasive gift 24 Palindromic device 28 Pampering treatment, for short 29 Chest muscles, for short 30 Actress DeLaria 32 Wimbledon divisions 33 Airport org. 34 Driver’s dropoff phrase 35 Wedding suit wearer, perhaps 36 River named for a Great Plains people 38 Mesmerizing painting style 39 Cutting remark 40 ___ King Cole 44 Less wordy 45 Colleagues of MDs 46 “___’s Fables” 47 Positive quality 48 Slips and slides 49 Knee-ankle connector 50 Tenant’s contract 51 Lent a hand 54 Arbor Day planting 55 Word before “Ghost” or “Grail” 56 “I was afraid of this” 60 Sleep phase acronym 61 Seer’s ability