I’LL BE A MONKEY’S UNCLE
ACROSS
1 Admit guilt, with “up”
5 Steal ___ (smooch on the sly): 2 wds.
10 Spots to stop for the night
14 Texter’s “as I see it”
15 Lean-eating Jack of verse
16 Water under the drawbridge
17 Largest allotment: 2 wds.
19 Minor land mass?
20 Canadian director Atom
21 “... a ___ ‘clock scholar”
23 Cathedral in Cambridgeshire, England
24 Event where arguments and swearing are heard
25 Just terrific, with “the”: 2 wds.
27 Able to see, hear, feel, etc.
29 Riyadh resident
30 Coercion one may be “under”
34 Its relative maj. key is F
35 Mixed up mess: 2 wds.
39 Have a long face
40 Not as taxing
41 The end of ___: 2 wds.
43 Fluffing hair using a comb
48 They’re very scarce, in a saying: 2 wds.
52 As ___ as a judge
53 Nabokov heroine
54 Peas for a peashooter, say
55 Doddering
56 School unit
58 Kids’ game with string: 2 wds.
60 Talking doll’s word, perhaps
61 “... had a farm, ____”
62 What a horse rider has in hand
63 “And another thing ...”
64 Part of Freddy Krueger’s address
65 Hook’s sidekick
DOWN
1 “Mignon” beef cuts
2 Successful refugee claimant
3 Clear and certain winner
4 Girls’ names meaning “wisdom”
5 Part of CAA : Abbr.
6 Speed meas.
7 Hopping mad 8 Delhi wrap: Var.
9 Old British guns
10 “___ little teapot ...”
11 Teeny tiny insects
12 Got 100% on the test: 2 wds.
13 Doesn’t go out: 2 wds.
18 Leafy side dishes
22 Green-lights
25 Quippy Yogi
26 Zippo
28 British subway, casually
31 Doubly wide shoe sizes
32 Says, Biblically
33 ___-Ball (arcade game)
35 Fait accompli, informally: 2 wds.
36 Welcoming gesture: 2 wds.
37 Berlin natives: Abbr.
38 Longest river in B.C.
39 Gandhi’s title, meaning “sage”
42 One-time link
44 Underwater sound detectors
45 Oft-abbreviated footnote
46 Canadian feminist McClung
47 Sixties slopes sensation Nancy
49 Guest introducer, often
50 Paperless post
51 Pole where an eagle might sit
55 Get off ___ free
57 ___ Tse-tung
59 Female sib