Crossword Puzzle 1
ACROSS
1 “Above the __”: 1994 basketball film
4 Influence
8 African capital on the Gulf of Guinea
13 Tip jar bill 14 “Booʼd Up” Grammy winner __ Mai
15 Fissile rocks 16 Figurative setting
for many deals 18 Locker hangers 19 Bring upon
oneself 20 Samoan capital 22 Big name in
razors
23 Almost at hand 24 Alpha Centauri,
for one
26 Fizzles out 28 Hams it up 29 2008 Visa
milestone, briefly 32 Weho or Soho, in
slang
34 Nostrils 36 Recyclable item 37 Terra firma 40 Brian of ambient
music
41 In __: awaiting
delivery
43 Arctic sight 44 Rehab hurdle 45 Colorful ring 48 Animal fat 50 Clash of
personalities, say 52 They may be wild 56 Grimace
57 San Joaquin
Valley haze 58 “Blue Ainʼt Your Color” country singer Keith 59 Ill-judged, as a
plan
61 Colleague ... and, when preceded by “the,” what the end of 16-, 24-, 37- or 50-Across is 63 Groundbreaking
invention
64 Art Deco artist 65 “Comprende?” 66 Final word 67 Turns to gold,
perhaps 68 Zig when one should have zagged, say
DOWN
1 Givens of
“Riverdale” 2 Absurd
3 Muslim holy city 4 Berlin address 5 Jeff Lynne rock
gp.
6 Passes on a lazy
river
7 Florida host of the Outback
Bowl 8 Sushi-grade tuna 9 Game with
melds
10 Like an untidy
desk
11 Stand for 12 Indian silk region 15 Jerk
17 Western Asia
native
21 Anger
24 Scorch
25 Over there 27 Weatherproof, as
a swimming pool
Horoscopes LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23):
29 Post-op area 30 Barren region in southern South America
31 In a burdensome
way
33 Tolkien figure 35 “Help!” on the
briny
38 Story with
symbolism 39 First name in
linguistics 42 Takes off the
books
46 Sore __
47 SDI weapon 49 Quad building 50 Gives forth 51 Mooed
53 Belittle
54 Russet, informally 55 Curled-lip look 58 Hawaiian strings 60 “The Matrix” hero 62 GPS suggestion