CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 “A Sorta Fairytale”

singer Tori

5 Hawaiian coffee

region

9 Mostly closed, like

a door

13 Points connector 14 World’s most populous democracy

15 Expert

16 “Closing Bell”

channel

17 Reebok rival

19 Rowing

implement

20 Field of expertise 21 There are 10 in standard Monopoly named for states: Abbr. 22 “Bravo!”

26 Chicken-king link 27 Creep (along)

28 “Sesame Street”

rating

31 Passions

34 “__ you ready?” 35 Poet Silverstein 36 Pasture neckwear 38 Creator of a spider

named Charlotte 40 GPS calculations

41 Pro vote

43 “Silent Spring”

author Rachel

44 Like wallflowers 45 Vegan sources of

protein

47 Sign-off kisses 48 1968 Steppenwolf hit featured in “Easy Rider”

52 Distort, as data 54 Bearded flower 55 Actress/activist

Ruby 56 According to Sir Walter Scott, what “we weave, / When first we practise to deceive” ... and what appears in each set of circles 59 Fervor

60 Swedish furniture

store

61 Bursts of laughter 62 Expel

63 Stitched up

64 Haywire way to go 65 Chooses

DOWN

1 Former maker of Reynolds Wrap 2 Rapper Nicki

3 Where many caught “Cats”

4 Part of a min. 5 Gets down to a tot’s level

6 Discontinued smoothie brand 7 Penpoint

8 Roadside assistance org.

9 Tequila source 10 May follower

11 Rainbows, e.g.

12 Feel remorse for 14 Memo heading 18 Like a beanpole 20 Far from clueless 23 Splotches

24 Desperate, as straits

25 Last non-AD yr. 28 Box orientation instruction

29 White House no 30 Secluded spot 31 “Pocket rockets,” in poker

32 Kind of IRA 33 More foxy

35 Mole-like

mammal

37 Tilt

39 Shapes, as

eyebrows

42 Like many

peaceful protests 45 Cereal serving 46 In a bad way

48 Started

49 Drool catchers 50 “It’s the __ I can

do”

51 Shoulder

muscles, briefly 52 Sushi bar

beverage

53 Was informed

(of)

56 “__ the season ... ” 57 AQI monitor

58 Beads on grass 59 State of chaos