CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Victoria’s Secret

buy 6 Hardly a close-cut

hairdo 10 Rapacious

freshwater giants 14 Baby hawk’s hide

out 15 In ___ of (standing in for) 16 Basic blood

quantity 17 Parade participants, often 19 “The ___-Bitsy

Spider..” 20 Substantial 21 Wallowing

material 22 Long and sinuous 24 It just passed 27 Big name in wireless commun. 28 Not out of the box 29 Flapjack

complement 32 Like Christmas

cakes, usually 35 Positive

electrodes 37 “How ___ you

doing?” 38 Informal

bookmark 40 Amman’s land 42 Trail the pack 43 Dance wildly 47 You can sniggle

for these 48 Surplus 50 Votes in 52 IX opposite,

clockwise 53 Relating to

childbirth 57 Farmers’ reference 60 Just over 900 kilos 61 US flossing

advocator 62 Roll of film 63 Canadian Coast

Guard vessel 66 What a peddler

pushes 67 Unclothed 68 Fido’s reward 69 About 70 Put one’s foot

down? 71 Sneak in sideways

DOWN

1 Cat, informally 2 Like many Stephen King tales 3 Pulls along the

ground 4 Put down, in

gang-speak 5 Lackeys 6 Storied magic

lamp owner 7 Menacing “Jaws”

sight 8 Obviously

sleep-deprived 9 Ely’s river 10 Jury’s

pronouncement 11 Not in favour of

imports or exports 12 Speculator’s

concern 13 Eyesore? 18 Needy student’s

award 23 Gene Autry

accessory 25 Ebb or neap item 26 Heck of a

hullabaloo 30 River with a delta

in the Caspian Sea 31 Animal enclosures 32 Just sitting around 33 Sweet-talk 34 Kitchen gadgets 36 Kind of seat in

007’s car 39 A second time 41 Veg out 44 Happen again 45 Item the minister

wears 46 New product

platform, maybe 49 Commercial

district of Venice 51 Principles 54 Gathered some

leaves 55 The best 56 A la ___ 57 With the bow, to

Yehudi Menuhin 58 “Sanford and Son”

creator 59 “If it ___ broke,...” 64 Old capital on

Tokyo Bay 65 Jeremy Piven’s “Entourage” character