JERUSALEM POST DAILY BRAIN TEASERS
ACROSS
1 NYC theater award
5 Jackson 5 hairdo 9 Blue Ribbon brewer
14 Caleb’s twin in “East of Eden” 15 Bank claim 16 Acquiesce 17 Natural’s ability 19 Bank offerings 20 Willie Nelson album of pop standards
21 Has coming 22 Banned bug spray
23 Wrap for sandwiches 24 Cerium or yttrium 30 Acted alarmed, as a horse
31 Designer Saarinen
32 Pretoria’s home: Abbr. 33 Under-the-wing fuel containers 34 Decrease
36 Like thick, green lawns
37 Suffix with meth38 Ex-Yankee with 696 career HRs 39 French equivalent of the Oscar
40 Like prisons for not-the-worst criminals 44 Scandal-plagued energy giant 45 Musician Brian 46 Composer Berlioz 48 Roads that avoid downtown
53 Carrier that added “ways” to its name in 1997 54 Famous
55 ABBA’s “__ Mia!” 56 Vowel-heavy baseball family name
57 Vowel-heavy end of a court game 58 Holmes smoked them
59 Chimed 60 Confined, with “up”
DOWN
1 Dinghy movers 2 Tough tyke to handle
3 “Field of Dreams” setting
4 __’acte: intermission
5 Hint at, with “to” 6 Party with a piñata
7 Cost of living? 8 Toronto’s prov.
9 Sicilian seaport
10 Ancient Greek meeting places 11 FDR advisory group 12 Dispatched 13 Melanie’s “Working Girl” role
18 Said further 21 1984 Olympic slalom champion
23 Editor’s “Let it stand”
24 French wine region
25 Military assistant
26 Dorm, briefly 27 Aptly named English novelist 28 Test, as ore 29 Cowardly Lion portrayer Bert 30 Inbox annoyance 34 Knight’s “suit” 35 Cap’n’s mate 36 Floral necklace 38 Natural light shows
39 Frog sound 41 Punctually 42 Sri Lanka, once 43 Disconnect from the socket
46 Camel feature 47 Actor Morales 48 Composer Bartók 49 “Oh, __!”: “Whoa!” 50 Exclusive 51 Obi-Wan portrayer McGregor 52 Agitated state 54 High-card-wins game