CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS 1
“The Fox and the __”
6 “My gal” of song
9 Sharply bitter
14 Former
anesthetic
15 Weep
16 Overused, as an
expression
17 *Source of
endless funds
19 Moon-related
20 Vietnamese soup
21 Tehran’s country
22 Irritating
inconvenience
23 *”Peter Pan”
pirate
25 Thumbed (through), as a book
29 Catch on to
30 Spanish “other”
31 “What __ can I
say?”
34 Newsletter
edition
39 *Preemployment screening process
42 “Straight Outta Compton” actor __ Jackson Jr.
43 French head
44 French fashion
magazine
45 “I smell a __!”
47 Some electric
cars
49 *Suspenseful ending to a series
55 Noodle dish
56 West Coast gas
brand
57 Atlas page
60 Tequila plant
61 Features of some formal jackets, and what the ends of the answers to the starred clues literally are
63 Spinal Tap
guitarist Tufnel 64 Energize, with
“up”
65 Cruise stopovers
66 Bergen’s dummy
Mortimer
67 Dessert choice
68 Toy holder
DOWN 1
Natural rope fiber
2 Texter’s
“Although ... “
3 “Yeah, I’ll pass”
4 Word before a
maiden name
5 Cold packing material for shipping fish
6 Part of a quilter’s fabric supply
7 “__ you clever!”
8 Strong cleanser
9 __ City: New Jersey resort town 10 Puppy love
11 Classic detergent brand
12 Author Calvino
13 Hall of Fame shortstop Jeter
18 __ Joe’s: food
store chain
22 Quaint “Shake a
leg”
24 Writer’s
representative
25 Rebecca in the Basketball Hall of Fame
26 Flight sked info
27 St. Louis
landmark
28 Counterfeit
32 Great deal of,
slangily
33 Mystery novelist
Grafton
35 Tom Jones’s “__ a
Lady” 36 Exchange for
cash
37 Golden State
sch.
38 Barely gets (by)
40 Comic strip cat
41 Catch a scent
of
46 “Kung Fu” actor
Philip
48 Like some
R-rated films
49 Families
50 Enter a
password, say
51 Picture
52 High
temperature
53 Actress Watts
54 Wine fruit
57 Odometer unit
58 Pub orders
59 Discreet
summons
61 Ballplayer’s
hat
62 Firepit residue