The BalTimore Sun CroSSword
ACROSS
1 Sarah __, fIrst woman governor of Alaska 6 Academic
acronym
10 Chem class
rooms
14 Therapy prefix 15 Cardamominfused tea 16 Tierra en el mar 17 Blue Ribbon beer 18 Heavenly bear 19 Small bottle 20 2002 Hugh Grant film based on a Nick Hornby novel
22 Ogre, for one 23 Post-injury
regimen 24 Delicate 25 Strong, as a
storm
28 Reunion
attendee 29 Signal from the
wings 30 Gobbledygook 36 Symbol on
several PC keys 39 Long-handled
tool
40 Puccini specialty 41 Three-time AllStar outfielder whose son was a seven-time N.L. MVP
44 Title for Richard
Starkey
45 RPM indicator 46 Drum kit
cymbals
49 Put under 52 Shrek’s love 54 Blond hair, e.g. 55 Birds with short finch-like bills ... or, what the sets of circled letters literally are? 59 Come by
honestly
60 First name in
desserts 61 Bull-riding
venue
62 “__ sow ... ”
63 A bit open 64 Wastes time 65 Canasta
combination 66 Foots the bill 67 Parcels (out)
DOWN
1 Fairy tale bear 2 Part of UAE 3 ESPN basketball
analyst Rebecca 4 “There’s no
doubt!”
5 Talk aimlessly 6 Diving acronym 7 Pulsate
8 “Settle down!” 9 Soccer great
Hamm
10 Have a ball 11 Lao or Thai
12 __ from the past: nostalgic event
13 Like pretzels 21 “May I speak?” 22 Bluegrass band
staple
24 Hall & Oates,
e.g.
25 Nature’s
bandage
26 Costa del Sol
coin
27 Trick or treat 28 Under the covers 31 “This isn’t good” 32 Part of “MNF,” an in-season wkly. sports broadcast 33 Spanish for
“table”
34 One with a tyre in his boot, perhaps
35 Scull crew 37 Managed to get 38 Tombstone first
name
42 Letters in early
dates
43 Chase away
9/14/21 47 Like mosaic tiles 48 Salon creation 49 Teakettle output 50 Backspace over 51 Hannah of
“Splash”
52 New venture 53 Structural
beams
55 Gulf of California
peninsula
56 1994 Jodie
Foster title role 57 “Trick” joint 58 Disrespectful
talk
60 Botanical
fluid