The Union Democrat

THE DAILY CROSSWORD

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

ACROSS

1 Some game

pieces 5 Long-range nuke 9 Like horses 14 Palm whose oil is

used in cosmetics 15 David Copperfiel­d

wife

16 Barely, with “by” 17 Blades for

trimming blades 19 Futile

20 Channel that shows college games 21 Banquet offering 23 Any ship

24 Shine, in adspeak 27 Evasive 28 Developmen­t that ended much developmen­t 34 Disinfecta­nt

brand since 1889 35 Nipper 36 Collapsed

39 Bell invention

with a bell 42 Farm mom 43 “Bravo!” 44 Unaccustom­ed to 46 Club used at a

club 52 Centuries-old

discipline

53 Pod opening 54 Japanese

computer giant 57 Call dibs on, with

“to”

61 1736 writer of a seminal paper on graph theory 63 From an earlier

time

64 Wheels for

carrying wheels 67 Setting for a Tony-winning Miller play 68 Persia, now 69 “Check this out!” 70 Seriously weaken 71 Bind, in a way 72 Eye ailment

DOWN

1 Loses color 2 Paypal payment,

e.g. 3 Rubberneck­ed 4 __ Féin

5 “What will __

now?” 6 Intimidate 7 Two-time Cy Young Award winner Saberhagen 8 Show

amazement (at) 9 Western Pacific

island capital 10 Alias

11 Proper __ 12 Latin infinitive 13 Big game 18 Wet weather

word

22 Holiday mo. 25 Speak like

Sylvester 26 Texter’s

“Then again ... ” 29 Breed

30 One way to sing 31 Acid Rain

Program org. 32 Capek classic 33 Parrot

36 Bribe 37 “Aladdin” prince 38 After expenses 40 Colorful

salamander

41 Big-mouthed one that can hold its wine?

42 Sess.

45 Bye word 47 Recurred at

regular intervals 48 Loving request 49 “Hometown Proud” supermarke­t 50 Ace a test

51 Join

55 Tiny

56 Minotaur’s

home

57 Get rid of 58 Hardly around the

corner 59 Risk-taker’s

acronym 60 Actress Sorvino 62 Fedex rival 65 Plan (out)

66 “A Chorus Line”

number

 ?? By Paul Coulter ?? 12/23/21
By Paul Coulter 12/23/21

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