Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Color similar to
sand
5 NBC show since
1975
8 Instrument played
with a plectrum 14 Lorelei Lee’s
creator 15 Middling grade 16 Con
17 Fail at a
barbecue?
19 One of the lesser
apes
20 Star in the Plowman constellation 22 Fancy home 23 Fail on a field? 25 Pressure 29 Simple partner? 30 OPEC member 31 Head lock
33 Pop duo __ & Him 36 Fail in a ring? 40 Artist’s skill
41 Like crook and creek, etymologically 42 Nesting site 43 One spelling a
superior: Abbr. 44 Bread flavoring 46 Fail at a dock? 51 Cheapen 52 Beachgoer’s
protection
56 Big name in
sports caps
58 Fail on a dance
floor? 60 Competed on
TV’s “Ink Master” 61 Quaint word of
disapproval 62 Game for which Wyatt Earp was once a dealer 63 “In the Land of
Israel” author 64 Age abbr. 65 Triathlon part
DOWN
1 “The Lord of the
Rings” figure 2 Roy Rogers
ingredient 3 Big laugh 4 Letters at Camp
Lejeune 5 Scrubs 6 Introduction to
chemistry? 7 Abate
8 Band booking 9 TV’s “Fringe” involved a parallel one 10 Drink
11 Indian drum 12 Bikini, for one 13 Kidney-related 18 LAX listings 21 City WNW of
Boca
24 “Pipe down!” 25 Place 26 Cafeteria item 27 Autumn item 28 Charlotte-toRaleigh dir. 31 Rich
desserts
32 ER staffers 33 Catch during
practice
34 Busy place 35 Dept. formed
under Carter 37 Like much FM
radio
38 Brit’s
“Baloney!” 39 100 yrs. 43 Holdings 44 Hawthorne title
septet
45 “__ take time” 46 Reef denizen 47 Construction
girder 48 Took care of 49 Role for Kristy
and Sarah 50 Live, TV-wise 53 Rubs out 54 Cat’s
scratcher 55 Byron of
“MythBusters” 57 Cutting tool 59 Brady of Tampa
Bay, now