The BalTimore Sun CroSSword
ACROSS
1 Lifetime pals,
briefly 5 Periodontist’s
concern
9 Brand of facial
tissue
14 Sign on for more
service
15 Indiana neighbor 16 Facing the
pitcher 17 “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” actor Samberg 18 Decomposes 19 Milk seller 20 Hale and hearty 23 Taken care of 24 Play-__: kids’
clay
25 That girl
28 Pixie
29 Native of Pre-Columbian Peru
32 Reacted to a surprise, perhaps 34 Muscles worked
by crunches 36 “Any time now!” 38 __ and for all 40 African country on the Gulf of Guinea
41 “If all __
fails ... “42 Gathering spot for thirsty animals
44 NCO below sgt. 45 “You’re not
alone in that” 46 Hockey Hall of Famer Phil, familiarly 48 Pair
51 Gift for music 52 Hunted for
fossils, say 54 Mixed nuts nut 56 “What have we here?” and 20-, 36-, and 42-Across 59 Strictly
forbidden 62 Very small bit 63 Great Plains
natives 64 Distant and
cool
65 Lacking color 66 Sit for a spell 67 Employees 68 Long, wriggly
swimmers 69 Satisfies the
munchies
DOWN
1 Slow-cook in a
closed pot
2 Bulb with an
aniselike flavor 3 Exaggeration allowance in estimates 4 Watch secretly 5 “If You
Could Read My Mind” singer Lightfoot
6 “This looks bad!” 7 Teeny plant pest 8 “Such a pity” 9 Noodle dish topped with crushed peanuts 10 Six-sided state 11 “Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity” org. 12 Distant
13 Pen with a
trough
21 __ Spunkmeyer:
cookie brand 22 Boston airport 25 Share juicy
gossip
26 Farm cluckers 27 Microsoft’s web
browser 30 Breezy goodbye 31 Stroll along 33 Escalator part 35 Borscht base 37 Nagging troubles 38 Cut covered by a Snoopy bandage, e.g.
39 Zilch 40 Grave-robbing
demon 43 Departed into
the sunset, say
7/25/22 44 West Virginia
natural resource 47 Tech training
sites
49 “The other team
clobbered us” 50 Big-eyed
nestlings 53 Coast
55 Used cusswords 56 Husky’s “Hello” 57 Had on
58 “And some other
people” abbr. 59 Prof. helpers 60 __-country
music 61 Constricting
snake