The BalTimore Sun CroSSword
ACROSS
1 Former soldiers 5 Explosive compound, briefly
10 A lot 14 Quarreling 15 Still soft, as
concrete 16 First-year
law student 17 Housekeeper’s
whisky request? 19 Gillette razor 20 Wire-bending
hand tool 21 Place to adopt a
dog
23 Really big cats 26 Mechanical
learning routine 27 Itemizes 30 International
shipping co. 32 Red wine grape known as Shiraz in Australia 35 Eight: Pref. 36 Grins
38 Be in debt 39 One of a bike’s
two 40 “Li’l” comic strip
character 41 Medical image
for diagnosis 42 Bering or Black 43 First game of
the season 44 Related by blood 45 Type style that sounds like a Disney mermaid 47 Gun, as an
engine
48 Johnny Mathis classic that begins, “Look at me”
49 FBI agent
51 Fix a lawn 53 Hawaiian
medicine men 56 Saudi __ 60 Ships’ rears 61 Bachelor’s
whisky request? 64 Loyal 65 Letter-shaped
dress style 66 ExxonMobil
brand
67 Clumsy one’s
exclamation 68 British race car
maker 69 Half-moon tide
DOWN
1 Femme fatale 2 And others:
Abbr.
3 Symbolic carving
in Maori culture 4 Type of durable
work boot 5 Insane, as a
scheme
6 Lodging choice 7 “Cats” poet’s
monogram 8 Harvest 9 Frolicking
swimmer 10 Warm and cozy 11 Geologist’s
whisky request? 12 Fiddling Roman
emperor 13 Open-handed hit 18 Colored eye part 22 Throw softly 24 Phone __ 25 Fishing lure 27 Much, casually 28 More slippery 29 Astronaut’s
whisky request? 31 Magician’s
hiding place
33 Be in store for 34 Comic Youngman 36 Maple-syrup-to
be
37 Make a mistake 41 Ended a
prayer
43 “The Good
Earth” heroine 46 Makes laugh 48 __ or less:
about
50 Like a facial
cavity
52 Clearance
events
53 Green Hornet’s
sidekick 54 Jackson 5
hairdo 55 Storage building
for crops
57 It may be stolen on a diamond 58 Ingrid’s “Casablanca” role
59 Upon
62 Petty gripe 63 Beast with a
beard