The BalTimore Sun CroSSword

ACROSS

1 Crosses by

wading 6 Bag-checking

org.

9 Juice buy 14 Spreads used

instead of butter 15 Bar passer,

briefly

16 Latin bears 17 Crude carrier 19 De La Garza of

“FBI”

20 “Stop stalling!” 21 Like a stunt pilot’s maneuvers 23 Disfigure

24 Part of an act 26 Notable biblical

birth

28 “Inferno” poet 30 Tour de France

saison

31 Gem set by itself 35 “She loves you” followers, in song

39 What may be

before now? 40 Old nuclear agcy. 41 Chicago winter

hrs. 43 Statesman with an eponymous jacket

44 Court case

46 It’s useless to

argue with one 49 Predicament 51 “Speed Racer”

genre

52 Hikers’ flasks 56 Serena’s sister 59 Time to

remember 60 Twist in pain 62 Barbershop

sound 64 Kaka’ako crooner 66 Dramatic descents, and a hint to each set of circles 68 Prenatal test,

informally 69 Circus closing? 70 Pigeon shelters 71 Like starfish 72 Legal thing

73 It’s quite a blast

DOWN

1 __ chain 2 Hodgepodges 3 Bit of antiquity 4 Punctuational symbol of completeness 5 U.S. ID

issuer

6 Word before

heart or heed 7 Less lax

8 Skylit courts 9 Good thing to spend with one’s kids

10 Internet

acronym 11 “Ditto” 12 Approached

aggressively 13 Lachrymose 18 Swaying hip-hop

dance

22 Downed 25 “Rebel Without

a Cause” co-star 27 Sign of success 29 Clock sound 31 Collector’s

goal 32 Yossarian’s “Catch-22” tentmate 33 Island garland 34 Janet Yellen’s

field: Abbr. 36 Physicians’

org.

37 Scary “2001”

computer 38 Fifth of a

musical series 42 Desk chair

feature 45 Admiral’s rear 47 ’70s tennis star

Ilie 10/12/21 48 Two fins 50 Gen-__ 52 Aromatic closetlining wood 53 Barbecue draw 54 Child minder 55 Fertilizer

compound

57 Act in concert 58 Angle

calculations 61 Escaping-steam

sound

63 Verbal nudge 65 Step on it,

quaintly

67 BYU or NYU