CROSSWORDS

ACROSS

1- Friendly; 5- Theme; 10- Rime; 14- Zeno’s home; 15- ___ Gay; 16Woody’s son; 17- Sponsorship; 18- Silvery fish; 19- Require; 20- Long drawers with fancy trimming; 22- Leers at; 23- Mound stat; 24- Male sheep who may play football for St Louis!; 25- Large, striped female feline; 29- A chewy candy; 33- Follows orders; 34- General ___ chicken; 36- American space agency; 37- Sugar suffix; 38- Author of fables; 39- The racer’s edge; 40- Discounted by; 42- Actress Russo; 43- Healing plants; 45- Scoffed; 47- Protection; 49- Penlight battery; 50- Joplin tune; 51- Inflated; 54- Algebraic; 60- Gutter site; 61- Column style; 62- ___ Raton; 63- French friend; 64- It’s a plus; 65- Permits; 66- Comic Foxx; 67- Noodles?; 68- Actress Mcclurg;

DOWN

1- Read ‘em and ___!; 2- Pond organism; 3- Bridle strap; 4- Expert skill; 5- Magnetic induction units; 6- Treater’s words; 7- Ovid, e.g.; 8- Evils; 9- Feline; 10- Executioner; 11- Hurler Hershiser; 12- Away from the wind; 13- Fishing gear; 21- War god; 22- Paddle; 24- Coarse file, angry tone of voice; 25- Implements; 26Norwegian dramatist; 27- Farm layers; 28- War horse; 29- Whispered sweet nothings; 30- Person who dresses stones; 31- Adlai’s running mate; 32- Pass into disuse; 35- Nine-digit ID; 38- Carpenter’s measurement; 41- Kelp; 43- From a distance; 44- Readable; 46- Hurried; 48Establishes; 51- Tolerate; 52- Gammy; 53- “Ars Amatoria” poet; 54- Centrepiece of the human face; 55- Bear up there; 56- Appearance; 57- Like some dorms; 58- Broadway opening; 59- Emit coherent light; 61- Apply lightly;