The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)
Crossword
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