CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Old pear-shaped fiddle 6 Mahalia Jackson’s range 10 Ten cees 14 Archie’s better half 15 Stocking stuffer for bad kids 16 Contract loopholes, e.g. 17 ‘56 Heston epic (with “The”) 20 Call a halt to 21 Gung-ho 22 Thespian 23 Topaz or peridot 24 Jerusalem’s ___ Dolorosa 25 Charlemagne domain 34 Many Bahrainis 35 Lies adjacent to 36 Bounder 37 Uncle Ben’s speciality 38 Term ending hurdles 39 Sunday ritual, for some 40 Moshe Dayan had one 41 Just a moment 42 Kemo Sabe’s sidekick 43 Produced near Times Square, maybe 46 “___ Vie”: Maupassant 47 Crosby’s work surface 48 Living thing 51 Serious split 53 Mule’s cousin 56 Release your statement of intent 60 Not from the clergy 61 Tall and skinny 62 Auto workers’ gp. 63 Verdant 64 Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Jr., for short 65 Quantum events?

DOWN

1 Interconnected nerve network 2 Garden in the Quran 3 Bit of a predicament 4 Et al. cousin 5 Tightfitting necklaces 6 Career high point 7 Shylock’s offering 8 Camel coloured 9 Long in the tooth 10 Work boot protection 11 Helen of “Mad About You” 12 Actor Kruger of Hitchcock’s “Saboteur” 13 Stalin’s state 18 Brief business note 19 Cripples 23 Change the sail to tack (var.) 24 Dog docs 25 Sheik’s ladies, perhaps 26 Bay of Bengal tongue Spiked, like punch 27 28 Writer Gorky 29 Rope-making fibre 30 Guardian spirit 31 Defeatist’s declaration 32 Proponent of reggae 33 Pele’s real first name 38 Big, fish-eating flyer of Finland 39 Ball of dust 41 Trace of colour 42 Considerate 44 Harem guard of old 45 ‘50s music store purchase 48 Billionaire Gates 49 One of Isaac’s sons (Bib.) 50 Horus’ Egyptian mom 51 “Atlas Shrugged” author 52 Like a pressman’s hands 53 China setting? 54 Street intersection sign 55 About half of all deliveries 57 Clay, post 1964 58 Person involved in the centre of the puzzle theme answers 59 Summer sunrise dir.