The Weekly Crossword

CLUES ACROSS

1. Letter opener

10. Cracker spread

14. Obvious deduction

15. Defeat

17. Type of parasites (2 wds)

18. Noted caravel

19. Referee

20. “La Scala di ___” (Rossini opera)

21. That which brings about an effect

22. Cambodian currency

24. Colonization

26. Slope of loose rock debris

28. “The Snowy Day” author ___ Jack Keats

29. Adaptable truck, for short

30. Place for checking machinery under working conditions (2 wds)

32. Like a slingshot (hyph.)

35. Coal carrier

36. Costa del ___

37. Element #33

41. Those who communicate with the divine

45. Grassland

46. Be an omen of

48. Aquarium fish

49. Tight trousers worn in 1800s

53. Thin piece of cane in a wind instrument

54. Like some socks

55. Effort

57. Amscrayed

58. Sky sight

59. Substance that accumulates on the surface of a solid

61. Electrolysis particle

62. Gives new life to

63. Battering wind

64. Platitude

CLUES DOWN

1. Doomed (var. spell.)

2. Small furry-tailed rodents that hibernate

3. Cloth dealers

4. Burgle

5. Building additions

6. Astringent fruit

7. Fried quickly in a little fat

8. Artificial

9. Artist’s asset

10. Cocoon dwellers

11. Celery

12. Become nervous or uneasy (2 wds)

13. Accord

16. Moved swiftly and suddenly

21. Elegant

23. Oblivion

25. “Don’t give up!”

27. Black, in poetry

31. Like some mushrooms

33. Emcee

34. Adjust

37. Llama relative

38. Rising on hind legs

39. Spanish drink with wine and fruit

40. Bill and ___

41. Crescent-shaped bodies

42. Stress, in a way

43. Fashions

44. Gloom

47. Move unsteadily

50. Austrian province whose capital is Innsbruck

51. Having a fitted top and flared bottom (hyph.)

52. Belt

56. Certain surgeon’s “patient”

59. “A jealous mistress”: Emerson

60. Prohibit