CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Playfully shy 4 Cooled with cubes

8 Shrubs arranged as barriers 14 Anger

15 It has three numbers and two slashes 16 Staves off 17 * Afternoon social that may include a waltz or three 19 Stay close to

20 Start of a pirate’s refrain 21 Matching tops worn together

23 Phobos, to Mars 25 Cry after a golfer’s

ace

26 “Even __ speak ... ” 29 Goldarn

31 [ None of the

above]

34 New Mexico art

community

35 Wall St. takeover 36 Tom, Dick or Harry 37 U. K. continent

38 * Brewery

container

40 Arg. neighbor

41 Hopping joints? 43 Elton John’s title 44 Chinese menu

possessive

45 Used a stun gun

on

46 Jared of “Panic

Room”

47 Russo of

“Ransom”

48 Panache

50 “Giant” author

Ferber

52 “The Piano Lesson” painter Henri

54 Depends ( on)

58 Summer TV fare 59 Like the U. S. political system, and a hint to the answers to starred clues

61 Hush- hush

62 Deep sleep

63 B& B, maybe

64 1896 and 2004

Olympics setting 65 Command to a

dog

66 Anatomical

pouch

DOWN

1 Part of SLC

2 Sundae- topping cookie

3 “All right!”

4 “Famous Potatoes” state 5 Does some necking 6 “Yada, yada,

yada” letters

7 Tick repellent

8 Hard thing to kick 9 Vespers

10 Population statistic 11 * Growing business?

12 Coup d’__

13 Ukr. or Est., once 18 Stadium toppers 22 Barrister’s topper 24 Local theater,

briefly

26 Bothered bigtime

27 Hot spot

28 * Monster. com

activity

30 Swedes’

neighbors

32 Noted 2001

bankruptcy 33 Word in a green

trio?

36 British landing

facility

38 Sheets and

pillowcases

39 Sky box?

42 Professor’s

address

44 Singing syllables 46 Capt.’ s

underlings

49 Helpers: Abbr.

51 Sherpa’s country 52 Convene

53 Carve in stone 55 Colored eye part 56 Italian peak

57 Match audio and

video

58 Mandela’s land:

Abbr.

60 Tales of __:

misfortunes