The Union Democrat

THE DAILY CROSSWORD

- Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis for the Los Angeles Times

ACROSS

1 First name in old

horror films 5 They’re earned

at U’s

9 Serious wound 13 Suit, so to speak 14 Artist Matisse 15 Start to freeze? 16 __ fail

17 Polished orator? 19 Like C’s, in some

cases

20 One way to go to

a party

21 Steak __ 22 Indication that the

coffee is ready? 25 One in a large

octet 28 Southernmo­st of the Southeast’s Sea Islands 32 Main line 33 Palindromi­c title 36 Skiff movers 37 Corp. money

manager 38 Regret the choice

of wall paint color? 41 Is, once

42 “__ Shanter”:

Burns poem 44 Dance movement 45 Bridge along the

Arno

47 Golf lesson topic 49 Becomes aware

of

50 Carol Burnett, at the end of an episode?

54 Like some online

purchases 57 Small case 58 Field unit

62 1996 Demi Moore film ... and a hint to how four puzzle answers were created 64 Post

65 Cry of success 66 Sign of early

spring

67 Senior __ 68 Errors, say

69 PC connection­s 70 Gels

DOWN

1 Half a sex-ed metaphor, with “the” 2 Trade show 3 Floral necklaces 4 Explanatio­n 5 Financial

statement items 6 China’s Zhou __ 7 System of

shorthand 8 Warm the bench 9 Probe that visited

Jupiter

10 “She’s a Lady”

songwriter 11 British WWII gun 12 Put on

14 “Who __?!”:

“Join the club!” 18 NBA commission­er Silver

23 Bring up

24 First killer whale to perform with a human 25 Accords

26 For dieters, in

ads

27 Coffee asset 29 They may be

manicured 30 Steaming 31 Beasts of

burden

33 Ran into

34 Half a sawbuck 35 Zugspitze, e.g. 39 Manipulati­ve sort 40 Olympics fencing

event

43 Ice cream

purchase 46 Parts of

cloverleaf­s 48 Yokum cartoonist 49 Irving Berlin’s

“Blue __” 51 Signs of crowd

displeasur­e

52 Online biz 53 Deceptions 54 Goddess usually depicted holding an ankh

55 Food package

amt.

56 Bizet’s

“Habanera,” e.g. 59 Diligence 60 Comedy club hit 61 Stately trees 63 Bit *

 ?? By Chris Sablich ?? 12/16/21
By Chris Sablich 12/16/21

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