The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)

Crossword

- Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

ACROSS

1 Furtive summons 5 Closes with force 10 See 13-Down 14 “It’s __ you”:

“Your call” 15 Sultan’s group 16 Carrier to Tel Aviv 17 React to a bad

pun, perhaps 18 BP merger

partner 19 Longfellow’s “The

Bell of __” 20 Fabric with a

slight sheen 23 Clay pigeon sport 24 Tee shots into

the hole 25 Sophistica­tedsoundin­g hair treatment product 32 Slacks holderuppe­r 35 Baker’s verb 36 Like old apples 37 “Norma __” 38 Fills with dismay 41 Word in a bride’s

bio 42 The three

monkeys’ taboos 44 Guernsey

greeting 45 Completely, after

“from” 46 Coffee sweetener 50 Apple or pear 51 “Spider-Man”

actor Willem 55 Plowed ground

for crop-raising 60 Classic clown 61 African country whose name is contained in the name of its southern neighbor 62 Internet

destinatio­n 63 It’s a long story 64 Porthole view 65 Flair 66 Cubicle

furnishing 67 Smells awful 68 Once-sacred

snakes

DOWN

1 Tire inflators 2 Frighten, as a

horse 3 Like old bread 4 Most stylish 5 Former Iranian

despot 6 Unconvinci­ng,

excuse-wise 7 Ex-slugger and Fox Sports analyst, familiarly 8 Major tourist draws 9 Kiss 10 “I have no clue” 11 Voice above

tenor 12 Rural building

with big doors 13 With 10-Across, “Open sesame” sayer 21 Early Beatle

Sutcliffe 22 Bears and

Grizzlies 26 Sound system

part 27 Bigwig 28 Tests of

knowledge 29 Huff and puff 30 Butterlike spread 31 Command from a

bailiff 32 Uncle Remus

rabbit’s title 33 Nesting site,

perhaps 34 Mariner Ericson 38 Often ___: about

half the time 39 Singer Rawls 40 Nautical journal 43 Long kiss 45 Shrinking Asian

lake 47 Key with one

sharp 48 Plot mechanism 49 Say further 52 Totally tanks 53 Ready in the keg 54 Blissful regions 55 Deal with

adversity 56 Commando

weapons 57 “A Death in the Family” author James 58 Tropical

hardwood 59 Sea eagles 60 Crib or cot

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