Crossword

SOUNDS LIKE IT

ACROSS 1 Equine coloring 5 Lacking fizz 9 Moroccan hub 14 It comes before “while” 15 Thick with vegetation 16 Having wings 17 Money in a safe? 19 Had the guts 20 Mike- testing word, often 21 Mule- drawn vehicle 22 A unicycle has one 23 Pays no attention to 25 Needle- prick protection 28 “Get your hands off me!” 29 Low digit 30 Use a search engine 31 Hans Christian Andersen’s naked marcher 34 Blvd. kin 35 Naive one in the woods? 38 Coin of the ___ 39 Pupil’s colorful place 40 Were now? 41 Devout petitions 43 Bound 45 Fell for a joke 46 Get married secretly 50 Early show 52 Add Splenda to 54 Honey bunch? 55 Sporting footwear 56 Gumshoe 57 Eyes wantonly 59 Shabby Mumbai garment? 61 Put in power 62 No longer new 63 “A Prayer for ___ Meany” 64 Doesn’t pass a quality check? 65 Quality in a wine review 66 Father, to a baby DOWN 1 Kickback, of a sort 2 Popsicle choice 3 Give an OK 4 Kind of degree 5 “Accident ahead” indicator 6 “Star Wars” creator 7 Cinereous 8 Mothers, at heart? 9 Diameter halves 10 “Emergency!” warnings 11 Pooh, without his red shirt? 12 Had a refresher course? 13 Guitarist Nugent 18 AOL giveaway, once 22 Prefix with “dynamics” or “nuclear” 24 Double- curved molding 25 Hand- operated implements 26 Big name in denim 27 Achieves with difficulty ( with “out”) 29 Distinguishing characteristic 32 Space vehicles 33 Frightfully strange 35 Healing ointment 36 Two- dimensional calculation 37 Tired veggie? 39 Presque ___, Maine 42 Poor 44 Fourteenth U. S. president 47 Canada’s capital 48 Took a good long gander 49 Live oak 51 Resting places for frequent fliers? 52 Measure of dignity 53 Sorely in need of editing 55 Fair- to- middling 57 Albania currency unit 58 Bulldog booster 59 Fill- in 60 Bald spot remedy

Edited by Timothy Parker