The Weekly Crossword

CLUES ACROSS

1. Absence of difficulty

5. Preserve a dead body

11. Gratitude

14. Grads may attend one

15. Less difficult

18. Visionaries

19. Fish-eating bird

21. Indicates near

23. ‘69 World Series hero

24. Scandinavian mythology source

28. Pop

29. Rapper __ Hammer

30. Senses of selfesteem

32. Hormone that stimulates the thyroid

33. __ Farrow, actress

35. Electronic data processing

36. Baby talk (abbr.)

39. Slender, snakelike fish

41. Air Force

42. Computers

44. Ecological stage

46. Wings

47. In the course of

49. Laid back

52. Jewelled headdress

56. In slow tempo

58. __ Falls

60. Corrections

62. Periods in one's life

63. Hyphen

CLUES DOWN

1. Body part

2. Large primates

3. Retch (archaic)

4. Sea eagle

5. Genetically distinct geographic variety

6. Category of spoken Chinese

7. Barium

8. Consumed

9. Chinese dynasty

10. NFL great Randy

12. Ireland

13. Palm trees

16. Fungal disease

17. Tall plants with slender leaves

20. Affirmative! (slang)

22. Potato state

25. Delaware

26. A way to develop

27. Associations

29. Woman (French)

31. Sunscreen rating

34. Brew

36. One who leads prayers

37. Indigo bush

38. Burn with a hot liquid

40. Citizen (senior)

43. Scads

45. Morning

48. Straight line passing from side to side (abbr.)

50. S-shaped line

51. Small, thin bunch

53. Worn by exposure to the weather

54. Mars crater

55. Humanities

57. Of the ears

58. “The __ Degree”

59. Type of residue

61. Keeps you cool