MIDDLE OF THE ROAD

ACROSS

1 Midnight visit to

the kitchen

5 Quarterback’s

option

9 “Going once . . . Going twice . . . ___!”

13 Skin condition

14 “The Tortoise and

the Hare,” e.g.

15 “T,” on a test

16 Collection of

pictorial memories 18 Red, like a steak

19 Person who often

has a lease

20 Flustered

22 Like most bubble

tea

24 Columns with

points of view

25 Kind of leaf on the

Canadian flag

28 Colombian corn

cake

32 Palindromic

fashion magazine 33 Sensitive spots on

the skin

34 Thumbs-downs

37 Living space with a

single room

41 6-Down hit with the lyric “Nothing else can save me” 42 Mystic letters

43 Vender that supplies Wile E. Coyote with failure-prone products

44 Come into

existence

45 Slightly off

46 Central point

50 Paul Mccartney and Ian Mckellen, e.g.

52 British spelling of a

folded egg dish

56 Queens’ domains 60 Nickname for a

father

61 “Greetings for the

second time!” © Andrews Mcmeel

63 They might be

fragile or inflated 64 Sticky tree

substance

65 Italian volcano

66 Actor Rogen

67 Like hand-me-down clothes

68 “Rolling in the ___”

(Adele song)

DOWN

1 Spellbound

2 Feel sore

3 Involved with

4 Comprehensive

5 Word after “pen” or “gal”

6 Swedish band originally named Festfolk

7 Shell-less mollusk 8 Truck stop sight

9 Subway rider’s handhold

10 Speak formally

11 Enticed

12 Homeowners’ documents 14 Destiny

17 “You only live ___” 21 Base for smashed

avocado, maybe 23 Evian alternative 25 Total disarray

26 Cher’s vocal range 27 Bonus

29 Double Dutch

needs

30 Hits the delete key 31 The “p” of mph 34 Guitar part

with frets 35 “My treat!” 36 Dish such as tharid or sambar 38 Beyond mad 39 Your and my 40 Worked the

knots out of 45 Field 46 Broods 47 Public relations

concern 48 Home ___ 49 Symbol that might mark a line break 51 Nutrient that tofu

is high in

53 Drive-___ window 54 Some concert

souvenirs

55 “What ___ is

new?”

57 Not punctual

58 “Be ___” (candy

heart message) 59 Velcro alternative 62 Pickle jar top Tuesday’s Answer