CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Want in the worst way 6 Sectional piece, maybe 10 Prayer leader with a Sunni disposition 14 Embezzler’s fear 15 Tint subtleties 16 Arid Mongolian area 17 National fast food co. whose phone no.s always end in “1111” 19 Shoshone tribe members 20 Start of an LD call 21 Saucer-shaped sighting, perhaps 22 Bills from Thailand 23 Miss Kitty’s “Gunsmoke” beau 25 “Deathtrap” star Michael 27 The worst-looking scavenger of the flock? 31 Aristotle’s mentor 32 Three-time Frazier opponent 33 Frito’s partner 35 Traditional ceremony 36 Dance in threequarter time 38 Use an auger 39 Enormous yearning 40 Outrage 41 Traditional almanac listings 42 Brilliantly, theatrically flashy moves 47 Carries on one’s trade 48 Mangle 49 Transportation station 51 Euclid or Jacob suffix 52 Lord Stanley’s prize 55 Neglect to include 56 Bear of kid’s verse 60 Minuscule 61 To be in France 62 Currently broadcasting 63 Small bits of work 64 Kaput 65 Deteriorating

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1 Mafia bigwig 2 Ancient castle, often 3 Totem carver’s tool 4 Namely, briefly 5 Arrival lounge posting, briefly 6 Untrustworthy 7 Strong Greek libation 8 Tasselled Turkish cap 9 Common pain med. 10 Chameleon’s larger kin 11 Rich vein of ore 12 Help in a hold-up 13 Tenn. neighbour 18 Yiddish fool 22 Ending for some URLs 23 Voiceless 24 Nitrogenous (pref.) 25 Radical sect 26 Hussein’s right hand man, Tariq ___ 27 More devious 28 What Dagwood Bumstead is good at 29 Bundled like picked cotton 30 Has the chutzpah 31 Stick one’s nose in 34 “Of course!” 36 Crafty ruse 37 War god of the Greeks 38 Billionaire Gates 41 Chinese shih ___ dog 43 Polish capital 44 Troubling spot 45 Knocked the socks off 46 Wild and crazy 49 Shower with affection 50 Kuwaiti kingpin 51 Respected Biblical scribe 52 Old Russian leader (var) 53 Popular machine guns 54 Big ceremonial fire 56 Gave dinner to Rover 57 4x4 vehicle, slangily 58 “Holy cow!” 59 Family card game