The BalTimore Sun CroSSword

ACROSS

1 Aesop critter who loses to the tortoise

5 Metal corrosion 9 Braid 14 Sermon-ending

word

15 Norway’s capital 16 Underground

molten rock 17 Like cotton

candy 18 *Chophouse

selection 20 Fat-based bird

feed

22 __-Mex cuisine 23 “Picnic” playwright William 24 *Wayfair and

Amazon 27 Glowing remnant in a fireplace 29 Weep loudly 30 Brian of Roxy

Music

31 Get __ of:

discard

32 Beast of burden 33 Fragrant shrub 35 Tapered off 38 Envelope-slicing tools, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have? 42 Jab

43 Rough wool

fabric

45 Coll. dorm

figures 48 Cabernet, e.g. 49 __-Wan Kenobi 51 “Good Girls”

actress Whitman 52 Texas city on the

Rio Grande 54 *Army fare

during WWII 56 Blueprint detail,

for short

57 Sci-fi saucer 59 Method: Abbr. 60 *Moving day

rental, for some 63 “Game of Thrones” actress Headey 66 Commuting option in Ga.’s capital

67 “What __ is

new?” 68 Pub pints 69 County of southeast England 70 Prep for

publication 71 Folk story

DOWN

1 “That ship __

sailed”

2 Roadie’s armload 3 Like travel mugs 4 Lassitude

5 Bad to the core 6 Laptop port

letters

7 Post office

openings 8 Muscle quality 9 U.K. leaders

10 “E pluribus

unum” language 11 Discussion

outline 12 Pictures

13 “Any __?”: “Who’s interested?” 19 Fire up

21 Voting members in a certain college 24 Subj. often taught by a native speaker 25 Drudgery 26 Laughed heartily 28 Sense of self 31 Bird of prey 34 Org. with a

racket in its logo 36 Feathery

accessory 37 Dawn droplets 39 Barely make, as

a living

40 From a distance 41 “Beautiful Girls”

singer Kingston 44 __ Plaines,

Illinois

11/14/22 45 Job application

component 46 Socially

dominant figures 47 Asparagus units 50 Easter egg

holder

53 Sharp, as some

angles

54 Was able to 55 Ramadan faith 58 Unoccupied 61 Hardly strict 62 CBS forensic series set in Vegas 64 Butterfly catcher 65 Powdery residue

in a fireplace