CROSSWORD
Edited By Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis By Joe DiPietro ACROSS 1 Jokes 5 Shade for a pool 9 Start of a familiar series 14 Brown shade 15 Shoot the curl, perhaps 16 Copy 17 Litter in an abandoned
library? 20 Cross product 21 Helping hand 22 Green around the gills 23 Nice thing to steal 25 Harbinger of spring 27 Turkey’s place, for the
most part 31 Imaginary nuclear
facility? 35 Places to get stuck 36 Wield, as force 37 ’50s political initials 38 Te-__ cigars 39 WWII aircraft carrier known as the “Mighty Stinger” 41 Sushi fish 42 Carmelo Anthony’s org. 43 With 67-Across,
museumgoer’s musing 44 “What a ride!” 45 Singles among the
Pringles? 49 “Symphony in Black”
artist 50 Amount past due? 51 Square or level 52 Wanted-poster letters 54 Strikes (out) 55 2008 BCS football
champs 58 Bread seen while finding
theater seats? 64 Bread in a deli 65 Make concessions 66 Art store stock 67 See 43-Across 68 Win over 69 Sport DOWN 1 Laminaria, for one 2 Slush Puppie maker 3 Showed concern for
someone’s health? 4 Durango, e.g. 5 Umbrian birthplace of
two saints 6 Pounds in Plymouth 7 Kitchen server 8 “To the rear, Admiral!” 9 Skating maneuver 10 Utter chaos 11 Unlikely classification
term for 25-Down 12 Novelist John __
Passos 13 Dept. phone no. 18 All-Star side 19 It’s quarry 24 Former U.S. Border
Patrol gp. 25 Libation pooh-poohed
by some 26 Discomfort 28 Golf ball-on-a-slope
challenge 29 Irreversibly committed 30 Astaire and Simpson 31 Derby winner’s move 32 Like some medical
punctures 33 Trojan War sage 34 Longtime sponsor in
NASCAR events 39 Latin “where” 40 It’s usually not made in
the shade 44 “__ said so?” 46 Doctor, ideally 47 Main squeeze 48 Mozart’s “__ fan
tutte” 53 Skirt often worn with
ghillie brogues 54 TV ally of Hercules 56 Ward with awards 57 WWII power 58 Good squeeze result, for
short 59 Muffin morsel 60 JFK alternative 61 “Dinner and a Movie”
channel 62 Cut down 63 Farm female