Crossword
ACROSS
1 Smallest chess piece
5 Intl. alliance with a phonetic alphabet
9 Test for fit
14 Where to find Columbus
15 Surrounded by
16 Like a wolfman
17 Made it possible (for)
20 Bit of campaign ugliness
21 In a jittery way
22 Food storage cover
24 Big pic from a small neg.
25 Reason for “Fahrenheit 451” fires
31 Yr.’s dozen
34 Smoothie berry
35 Pet store cry
36 Resell exorbitantly, as tickets
38 Iowa crop
39 Extreme fear
41 First website page
42 Last Greek letter
44 Lucy’s sitcom partner
45 Neighborhood
46 Stark in “Game of Thrones”
47 Achieved desired results
50 Math basics: Abbr.
51 Tweeter’s titter
52 White ursine critter
58 Hand prettifiers
62 It’s designed to elicit a certain answer ... or where the end of 17-, 25- and 47 Across may be found
64 Dickens’ Drood
65 Garage goop 66 Opponent
67 Hit __: ran into trouble
68 Wise, as advice
69 Twice-monthly 7-Down
DOWN
1 Seasoned senators, say
2 “If I may say something ... ”
3 Edith, to Archie
4 Teacher’s “Shh!”
5 “Uh-uh”
6 Confirmation from the congregation
7 Ocean phenomenon
8 Reason for a diaper change
9 Big crowds
10 Phantom’s rival, in “The Phantom of the Opera”
11 Pet store cries
12 Baseball’s Hershiser
13 Big Apple address letters
18 Chicago paper, for short
19 Toaster __
23 Dilapidated joint
25 Breakfast partner of
55-Down
26 “__, all ye faithful ... ”
27 Rowed 28 Verify, as totals
29 Octet plus one 30 “If only”
31 New Zealand native
32 Early Mesoamerican
33 “Bark, Bowser!”
37 Phony
40 Sky over Paris
43 Loving and devoted, as fans
48 Library vol. ID
49 Gobbling guys?
50 Gymnast Comaneci
52 Ardent request
53 Voluminous syn. and etym. sources
54 Mowed expanse
55 See 25-Down
56 Water color
57 Ladder step
59 29-Down count
60 Kappa preceder
61 Barbershop sound
63 Barely make, with “out”