CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Route through the mountains 5 Bland
10 New Zealand’s rugby team performs it 14 Burdon of “The Animals” 15 Briskly
16 Get ___ lease on life
17 Nik Wallenda, for one
20 Less likely to lose it
21 In the doldrums 22 Tarry a while 23 Sheds feathers, e.g.
25 “___ No More” protest 26 Earhart, e.g. 29 Swinging direction
30 U.K. media giant 33 Big Canadian money-maker? 34 Like monsoon rains 37 Stojko of figure skating 39 House of Usher’s creator 40 Brouhaha, of sorts 41 Outcast of the family 44 Welfare payment factor 45 Moon’s lack 46 Squeeze (out) 47 Iguanas and geckos 49 Sioux City’s state 51 Lose one’s cool 52 Tantalize
54 160 stone, in Britain
55 Item Meghan Markle wore in May, 2018 59 Able to radiate everywhere at once 62 Pear-shaped strings 63 Copier of yore 64 Word that often precedes others 65 Putin was born there 66 Sheriff’s group from the Wild West 67 Theatre reservation
DOWN
1 Teachers’ favourites
2 Oft dramatic opera solo 3 Scrawl one’s John Hancock 4 Electrical engineer’s diagram 5 Clue abbr. for an altern. spelling 6 Cat-o’-nine-tails feature 7 “California Dreamin’” band’s male half 8 Tended to a sprain 9 Pepsico’s “Mtn ___”
10 Like traditional Islamic fare 11 Rug rat 12 Boat’s backbone 13 Out of whack 18 Leisurely equine gait 19 Optional components 24 King’s “‘Salem’s ___” 25 Tralee’s country, briefly
26 It divides to multiply 27 Fine, hairlike growths, botanically 28 Items that don’t change over time
29 Works on spec 31 Like breath in a moment of suspense 32 Klutzy sorts 35 Spawn, basically 36 Like someone who’s hellbent 38 A little twisted 42 ‘80s Caribbean rhythm
43 One type of stripe 48 Penne’s larger cousins 50 Craftsman’s golden-coloured willow
51 Al Purdy wrote them 52 Aromatic cough syrup ingredient 53 Extinct Tasmanian birds 54 Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, e.g. 56 Archer of “Fatal Attraction” 57 Tat-tat preceder? 58 Dozens and dozens 60 Troublesome little sprite 61 Where gout may sprout