KEEP IT BRIEF

ACROSS 1 Fire hydrant site

5 Put in a huff 9 Acknowledged, perhaps “duly”

14 Ron’s pre-Ritchie role

15 “That’s ___ hadn’t heard”

16 Like a “before” picture dieter, perhaps 17 Folded items in Christmas crackers 19 Relieve, as a thirst 20 Anticipate very bad events

22 Saturn or Mercury, but not Pluto 25 “Charlie’s Angels” star Lucy 26 Loud-singing bird 27 Elderly, expressed tactfully

31 Not talking to, maybe

32 “___ were up to me ...”

33 Blissful-sounding band

36 What Tums tames 37 One setting up one’s cubicle, say

39 Cowboy boot addon

40 R-V hookup? 41 Hawaiian edible root 42 Good, in Guadalajara

43 Frustrations for jigsaw puzzlers

47 Hounds for payment 48 Hockey great ___ Robitaille

49 Banks with a green chair in ads

50 For all to see 55 What the Devil wears, in a film title 56 Nabbed, as all the tickets

60 Win by ___ margin (barely beat)

61 Major finish? 62 Oval-shaped tomato 63 Milk: Prefix

64 Igor in the lab, e.g.: Abbr.

65 Angsty acronym formed by the first words of 20-, 27-, 43 and 50-Across DOWN 1 Stereotypic doughnut shop patron

2 “Pull ___ chair!” 3 Grave engraving

4 Big Alberta export 5 “... electric boots, a ___ suit ...” (Elton John lyric)

6 Doing the same-old same-old

7 “Star Wars” bounty hunter Boba ___ 8 Naggy, foul-mouthed woman

9 “Easy-peasy!” 10 Blimp-shaped

11 Eye drop? 12 Edmonton Elks former name, for short 13 It’s in Off! 18 Find new tenants for 21 Coombs of “Mr. Dressup”

22 Deep, deep sleeps 23 “It’s just ___ of life” 24 Hot springs town in B.C.’s Rockies 28 Dirtbag, in old-speak 29 Be broadcast by 30 “What did you ___ ?” (Schwepps slogan) 34 On a certain radio station, with “to” 35 Vampire repellent 37 “He ___ got a clue!” 38 Body surrounding Wales

39 Make a defendant of 41 Oceanside threat meaning “harbour wave”

42 Strong-armer’s strong point?

44 Task completer’s cry 45 Is a too-proud winner 46 Ventriloquist’s prop 50 Jewellery gift for a Libra

51 Major or minor constellation

52 Soft rock

53 “Lord of the Rings” tree beings

54 Spongy ammo maker

57 Rooster’s last syllable 58 “Er-r-r, lemme think ...”

59 Kung ___ chicken (stir-fry dish)