OUTER LAYERS

ACROSS

1. Feathered “tuxedo” wearer

8. Scaly source of leather

14. Wish that one could (5,2)

15. “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” girl

16. Prepare for print, the oldfashioned way

17. Peninsula comprising Spain and Portugal

18. “Let’s ___” (“Fingers crossed”)

19. Barcelona “bravo!”

20. Italian dish ___ buco

21. Circular gasket (1-4)

23. “Words from our sponsors”

25. ___ and fros

26. Maiden name preceder

27. Houdini’s forte

29. “That doesn’t ___ thing” (4,1)

31. “Let ___!” (“Go ahead!”) (2,3)

32. French farewell

33. Awareness blurbs on TV

36. “___ to see the point ...”

(1,4)

39. “Get away from my bone!”

40. Calm periods

42. Done preparing

44. More competent

45. “Flare” mag rival, for short

46. Either you ___ (one of us) (2,1)

49. Covers in Cottonelle as a prank

50. Thumbs-in-suspenders walk

52. Pin again, as to a clothesline

54. Cries of agony

56. Isn’t anymore

57. Baby “boeuf”

58. Atom followers in minor hockey

60. Extra material in the back of a book

63. Loosens, as a corset

64. “It’s a bet!” (5,2)

65. Coho or sockeye

66. Spiny anteater of Australia

DOWN

1. Kipling’s Kaa, for one

2. Milne moper

3. Diaper, to a Brit

4. Party led by Elizabeth May

5. Young-___ (kiddos)

6. Suffix with graph or social

7. “We are ___ amused”

8. Having round sections, as the brain

9. Fury

10. Reset setting

11. Cape Breton novelist Macleod

12. Logical thinker

13. Pterodactyl or triceratops

15. Bush with fragrant pink/ purple blooms

19. Producing eggs, as the eight “outer layers” of this crossword

22. World standard clock setting: Abbr.

23. Weekend lover’s cry

24. Wee, to Robbie Burns

28. ___ Melber, host of MSNBC’s “The Beat”

30. Anxious and uptight

31. Setting for Gilligan and crew

33. Duckbilled mammal

34. Notice to appear in court

35. “No problems to report” (4,4)

37. Superlative suffix for hairy or airy

38. On the ___ (fleeing)

41. CPP recipients: Abbr.

43. Val-___, Québec

45. Crude-mannered

46. Cracked, as a bottle or book

47. Kept perusing an article (4,2)

48. Crested chameleon kin

51. 10 to 12-year-old

53. “The First Time ___ Saw Your Face” (4,1)

55. Crawled along a lane?

59. Earthy prefix

60. Word from an agreeable Scot

61. Bugs Bunny addressee

62. “You don’t even know that?!”