The Southwest Wire

WARNING: MAY CONTAIN PEANUTS

- by Barbara Olson © ClassiCana­dian Crosswords

ACROSS

1 Mrs. Doubtfire’s job 6 “___ one, am not convinced ...”: 2 wds. 10 Many office PCs 14 “Friend ___?” (gatekeeper’s query): 2 wds. 15 Of sound mind 16 Gooey mass

17 River mouth

18 Ball’s ‘50s sitcom: 3 wds. 20 Suffix with “social” or “suburban”

21 Q-V link

23 Texter’s “I believe” 24 Shy, withering type: 2 wds.

30 Othello’s lieutenant 31 Cousin of atmo32 Vancouver campus: Abbr.

33 Make steam? 36 Paunch make-up 37 Little Richard song covered by the Beatles: 3 wds.

41 “Sur le ___ d’Avignon ...”

42 Till-opening button: 2 wds.

43 Province with London and Paris: Abbr. 44 Movie role for

George Burns, 1977 46 Actresses Woods and Graff

50 Jimi Hendrix album from a classic festival: 3 wds.

54 Yukon neighbour: Abbr.

55 Spicy tea

56 Cause of despair 57 Hamburger centre: 2 wds.

61 Scrabble 10-pointer: 2 wds.

63 Hailed auto

64 “This is fu-u-u-un!” 65 Iron, in Berlin 66 “Straight up ___ the rocks?”: 2 wds.

67 Play parts

68 ___ ghost (is spooked): 2 wds.

DOWN

1 DVD player error message: 2 wds.

2 She commanded R-ES-P-E-C-T

3 U.S. pigskin punters 4 “Just kidding!!” 5 Aching desire

6 “Lord, ___?” (Last Supper question): 3 wds. 7 ___ Gong (Buddhism kin)

8 “Bed-In for Peace” participan­t

9 Bring back to life 10 Domed domicile 11 ___-ray (HD movie option)

12 Beaded slipper, for short

13 Bug people?

19 Arabic “commander” 22 Hybrid tennis attire 25 “Did you get the letter ___?”: 2 wds.

26 Early Scots or Nova Scotians 27 Break in the action 28 Site to do one’s bidding?

29 Getting the job done, briefly

34 The Great Root

Bear’s chain

35 Mop & ___ (cleaner brand)

36 Full complement of ships

37 Anderson of “WKRP in Cincinnati”

38 Where to see soaps, or soap ads

39 “You ___ mouthful!”: 2 wds.

40 The gamut, from petite to plus: 2 wds. 41 Worker on The Hill, for short

44 Stare open-mouthed 45 24 Sussex Drive city 47 Not at all, in Dogpatch

48 Place for les élèves 49 B.C.’s second largest river

51 Alsace “at last!” 52 Quartet doubled 53 “By all means!”: 2 wds.

57 “You Aint Seen Nothin’ Yet” band, for short

58 Place for a hearing? 59 Prefix meaning “outer”

60 Marijuana component, for short 62 Accessory that may be “loud”

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