The Casket

Games GOING TO THE TOGS

- By Barbara Olson © Classicana­dian Crosswords

ACROSS

1. Pink wine

5. Vape pen, for short (1-3) 9. Human trunk

14. Dark time, in Drummondvi­lle

15. Auto parts chain with a yellow/blue logo

16. Takes a shot

17. Without thinking twice (2,3,4,2,1,3)

20. Prepare to store, as a cord (4,2)

21. Something to be gained by getting married (2-3)

22. Pretentiou­sly posh one (5,5)

25. -, on a battery: Abbr.

27. “Just ___ suspected” (2,1) 28. Thai-related language

29. Simon's I.Q. testing partner

31. Freedom Convoy city, 2022

35. “Only ___ you say? Pity!” (Red Rose ad phrase) (2,6)

37. Gentle treatment (3,6)

39. Question to a think tank (3,5)

42. Won't be fooled by (2,4) 46. Sierra ___ (Liberia neighbour)

47. “___ the season to be ...”

49. Gut-punch grunt

50. RN'S workplace, briefly

51. Be kicked out (3,3,4)

55. Berry farmer and amusement park founder Walter

58. Find new tenants for

59. “Get ready for lean times” (7,4,4)

63. Cinematic black-hat

64. Language of Israel: Abbr. 65. “Wonderfill­ed” cookie brand

66. Tyrannical bosses

67. Book ___ time (make golf plans) (1,3)

68. Sibilant summons

DOWN

1. COVID-19 vaccine component

2. Shunned one

3. “Aw, shut up!”, to the Fonz (3,2,2)

4. Protestant work ___

5. Crate words after “this” (3,2) 6. ___ tunnel syndrome 7. Company stock launch: Abbr.

8. What tube riders are warned to mind, with “the” 9. Texter's “toodles”

10. Mouthy?

11. Third best-selling female singer of the century

12. “Rainforest of the ocean” makeup

13. East, to Ernst

18. English cathedral town

19. Grafton's “___ for Outlaw” (1,2)

22. ___ Schwarz (NYC toy store)

23. Performs perfectly (5,2)

24. Words before “avail” (2,2) 26. Ontario's capital city region: Abbr.

29. Main squeezes, in modern lingo

30. Not ___ many words (2,2) 32. Similar (to)

33. E, at Bata

34. Stand buy in the summer 36. LIII doubled

38. Flight ticket info

39. Comic Hassan or journalist Velshi

40. “Whoever called it ___ was a poor judge of anatomy”: Groucho Marx

41. More hirable, to some companies 43. Midday (ahem) meetings 44. Plays a penny whistle

45. Frost's frequently

48. Flash light?

51. Onetime rival of AT&T

52. De bonne ___ (early, in French)

53. Blow a perfect score

54. ‘40s jazz genre

56. “Dear, dear” (2,2)

57. Cousin of 9-Down

59. Spanish name meaning “divine gift”

60. Montreal Canadiens group until 1917: Abbr.

61. “Still ...”

62. Daycare denizen, e.g.

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