CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Pet adoption org. 6 Sore after

exercise

10 Landlocked

African nation

14 They’re entered in

court

15 One of Pittsburgh’s three rivers

16 Hawaii County

seat

17 Like #1 hits

19 Wide-eyed

20 Buffet fuel

21 Sewn medical

treatment

23 36 inches

25 “So that’s your

game!”

26 Auto loan default

result

29 Stands for sheets

with notes

35 Key with one

sharp: Abbr.

36 Rice field

37 Shirt with a

slogan

38 School basics

39 Pub beer orders 40 Cup of joe

41 Writing desk

room, perhaps

42 Classic orange

soda

43 Inch or mile, e.g. 44 For a full license, it’s 17 or 18 in most states

47 Macy’s

department

48 LeBron, e.g.,

briefly

49 Nose-in-the-air

type

51 Challenging

words

56 Privy to the

scheme 60 Sushi seaweed

61 Humor shared by a select few ... and by this puzzle’s circles

63 Leg joint

64 Litter yippers

65 Sufferer healed

by Jesus

66 Apt “ayes”

anagram

67 Exxon, formerly 68 Substitutes’

squad

DOWN

1 Tenants’ qtrs.

2 Vegas machine 3 Le Pew of skunkdom

4 Bags you don’t check

5 Yoga position 6 Hunky-dory

7 Letters after phis 8 Dash, as of a spice 9 Quotable Berra

10 “One, two, onetwo-three” dance 11 Like more

efficient gas

12 Botanical balm

13 Kennel barkers

18 Usual

22 Whig rival

24 Fooling

26 Check, as an

invoice

27 Fireplace glower 28 Park place with

tables

30 North Pole letter

recipient

31 4-Down

attachments

32 DJ’s assortment 33 Actor Costner

34 4-Down may be stored under them

39 Flying Peter

40 747, e.g.

42 Pentagon side

count

45 Isn’t the same for

everyone

46 Oklahoma city 50 16 oz.

51 Pitch-black

52 All finished

53 “Jeepers!”

54 Heavy burden

55 Govt. mail

agency

57 “Uh-uh”

58 Flat-package

furniture chain 59 Senate six years 62 Prefix with metric