Brain Games #63
Crossword and Sudoku
ACROSS
1 Quarter-page spot seller, say 6 Earth Day mo.
9 Some Like ___ (Marilyn Monroe film) 14 Spooky game that means “yes yes” 15 Be prone 16 “High” times 17 Michael Jackson’s Peter-Panish home 19 Take-charge, personality-wise 20 Bedroom piece for keeping vampirerepelling items? 22 Retort to a skeptic 25 Suffix with hotel or cash 26 Classroom aides: Abbr. 27 Guardian of a wooden bureau? 31 Club with free road maps: Abbr. 32 “That hurts!” 33 Room with the Queen’s throne? 34 Looks sunburnt 37 6 letters, on a phone 39 1983 Keaton film about a stay-at-home dad 43 Garment burned in the ’60s
45 Monsters, ___ (animated film) 47 Web connection co. 48 Out with the old china case, in with the new?
53 Exodus actor Mineo 54 Calgary-toEdmonton dir. 55 Not thinking clearly 56 Backless sofa for coop cluckers? 60 Basmati and jasmine, e.g. 61 Tiny apartments, facetiously 65 “And sometimes Y” lead-in 66 Newsman Hanomansing 67 Egyptian-themed Vegas hotel 68 Get one’s mind around 69 Golfing great Ernie 70 Boarding school jackets
DOWN
1 Get an ___ (pass with flying colours) 2 Expected 3 Rafting waterway: Abbr. 4 Removes, as a cassette 5 Pirate’s pet 6 “Sadly, ...” 7 Partner of needles 8 “The front page of the Internet” site 9 Connection to Carlton, on Rhoda 10 “Men are ruled by ___” (Napoleon Bonaparte) 11 Gets a move on (it) 12 Van Gogh feature 13 Winter Palace monarchs, once 18 A little kooky 21 Scottish dance 22 301, in Roman numerals 23 “Bingo!” cries 24 ___-beer (0.5% alcohol drink) 28 Queen’s Park gallery in T.O. 29 Take responsibility for the goof-up 30 Blue Jays, on a scoreboard 35 Go back on the beach? 36 Hurries to finish the pint 38 Walk-___ (some ferry riders) 40 Put in a snit 41 Norway’s Viking Ship Museum city 42 Compressed video file format 44 C.B.C.’s ___ with an E 46 Bit of baked potato greenery 48 Notebook for un élève 49 Keys who plays keys 50 “___-weensie spider ...” 51 Not up to the job, e.g. 52 Spread apart, as a search party 53 Scrawny, scruffy sort 57 Canadian Business readers, for short 58 Indian lentil dish (var.) 59 Charged particles 62 Emailer’s kiss-kiss-hug
63 Forever and a day 64 Many CARP members