The Colchester Wire

SUCH VOWEL LANGUAGE!

- by Barbara Olson © ClassiCana­dian Crosswords

ACROSS

1 Ad-libber’s lack 7 Urging at a keg party 11 Take your pick 14 “Ditto that” 15 “Uh-huh, uh-huh” sayer, say

17 What the crazy equestrian had? 19 Yearly, with “per” 20 It can be a stretch for a celeb

21 Objections that are tweeted out?

27 ___ Tin Tin (TV dog)

28 Thesis writer’s aim 29 Dior rival, initially 30 “Crushed” fabrics 32 China Lily ___ sauce 34 “Star Wars” droid’s surname

35 “The web crawlers have been deactivate­d”? 41 Farley who wrote of the Arctic

42 Mrs. Mulroney 44 French farewell at dusk

47 “Mamma ___!” 50 Fireworks flop 51 Guadalajar­a gold 52 Halloween apple contest for gamblers? 55 React to yeast, as buns

57 “... woman who lived in ___”

58 Strict conditions given to a vampire lover?

65 Call when the doobell rings

66 Less likely to speak up

67 Aide to Napoleon 68 “What are ___ do?” 69 Long exam questions

DOWN

1 Sis to a bro

2 401, to Flavius 3 Break down, in a way 4 Hip joint, after “where” 5 Like the top of a dunce cap 6 1,000-kilogram weights

7 Do better on the charts

8 Milton’s “On ___ Blindness”

9 Flash drive PC port 10 Verizon, once 11 Scoring goal after goal, say

12 Home builder’s document

13 Fitting room activities

16 90-degree pipe 18 Cast, as insults 21 Charmin and Purex, for short

22 “Hold it, horse!” 23 Pastoral poem 24 Something in the eye 25 Prefix meaning “four” 26 ___ gin fizz (bar order)

31 “This bird wouldn’t ___ if you put four million volts through it!”: Monty Python 33 Handouts “for the poor”

34 “Spring ahead” clock hrs.

36 Utter dufus

37 What Mommy kisses better

38 Butter ___ (quintessen­tial Canadian treat) 39 Phone company with a doghouse logo 40 Goof up

43 Pop-up annoyances 44 “___ the U.S.A.” (Springstee­n hit)

45 Bird on a Baltimore cap

46 In an exceedingl­y curious manner 47 The “m” of E=mc2 48 Like private nursing care, often

49 Loves to pieces 53 “It’s ___ say but ...” (“Alas”)

54 Beaupré bambinos 56 Alphabet trio 59 Make a mend 60 Ended a hunger strike

61 Little louse

62 Alias letters 63 Miss Pym’s creator Josephine

64 C.P.P. recipients

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