Crossword by Myles Mellor & Sally York
Across 1. Habit 5. Ne plus ___ 10. Vitreous substance 14. After-lunch sandwich 15. Sweet rice wine 16. Narrow street 17. Let-downs 20. Didn’t straphang 21. Come-ons 22. Dostoyevsky novel, with “The” 23. Fish-fowl connection 24. ___ weight 26. 2005 Best Picture nominee 29. Blowhard 34. Available 35. Homegrown artifact 38. Martinets 41. Finnic people 42. ___ frog 43. Geometric figures: var. 44. African grazing areas 46. Many an office has one 49. Grp. involved in “the Troubles” 50. Adjust
54. Handles 56. Garden worker? 59. Decays 62. Steep 63. Stock 64. Cut short 65. Positive 66. Chances upon 67. Countercurrent
Down
1. Hephaestus and Demeter
2. Part of a score, maybe
3. Lie
4. Stole
5. Jocko Conlan, for one
6. Rear half of a griffin
7. Prosecuted
8. Flush
9. Antenna holder
10. Split
11. Punjabi royal
12. Digging, so to speak
13. Feeler
18. Paranoiac’s worry
19. Above ground level
23. Sarge, e.g.
25. Old Mogul
capital 26. Computer programmer 27. Unoriginal 28. Marinara alternative 30. Old World plant 31. Bleated 32. City in Scotland 33. Short pants 35. ___ maison: Fr. 36. Time div. 37. Starfleet Academy grad. 39. Natural 40. Home to the Palazzo Gambacorti 44. Some organs 45. While lead-in 47. In ___ parts 48. It’s located on Lake George 50. Annexes 51. In ___ of 52. Bygone despot 53. De Valera’s land 55. Social group 56. Fearless 57. Children’s author Blyton 58. Glimpse 60. Tease wool 61. Bump off