BRAVING THE ELEMENTS

ACROSS

1 ___ of faith 5 Spanish for “house”

9 Layered hairstyle 13 Part of a truck’s underside 14 Word said with a sigh

15 Best of the best 16 Brazilian soccer legend 17 Scatters seeds 18 Threw a fit 19 Win- at- any- cost 22 Part of a process 23 Address in a social media bio, often 24 Relatives, colloquially 27 Disastrous situation 32 “Survivor” channel 35 Make a scene, in a way

36 Roof overhangs 37 ’ 60s nonconformists 40 Some listicles 42 State known for spuds

43 “. . . two if by ___” 44 Articulate 45 Beverage from a tropical fruit 50 “___ if by land . . .” 51 “The Simpsons” bartender 52 Marries 55 Keyboard cleaner 61 Pulitzer Prize category

63 Play to ___ ( draw) 64 Sicilian volcano 65 Like some needs 66 Clue

67 Part of a timeline 68 Network that Antonietta Collins appears on 69 Understands

70 “The Sopranos” actress Falco

DOWN

1 Spots for cats 2 Corporate honchos 3 Mete out

4 Looked searchingly 5 Dough

6 Balm ingredient 7 Woodcutting particles

8 Declare with confidence

9 Part of a picket fence 10 Celebrations akin to fist bumps 11 Had shakshuka, say

12 H. S. diploma alternative 15 Make a misstep 20 Key component in 29- Down, for short 21 Ginger ___ 25 Place for sporting events 26 Unlike Marie Kondo’s home, presumably 28 Sallie ___

29 Laptops, e. g. 30 Agent, in brief 31 ___ Tuesday ( last day before Lent) 32 Home to a California State University campus 33 Try to buy in an auction 34 What a future astronaut might attend 38 Vietnamese soup 39 Na+ or Cl40 It can be sipped or spilled 41 Cheerios grain 43 Dear 46 Person calling strikes

47 Shul’s sacred scrolls 48 Palindromic farm animal 49 Night flight 53 Went out with 54 Egyptian peninsula

56 A good one bodes well

57 Doorstep item 58 Trig ratio 59 Theater backgrounds 60 Extremely uncommon 61 Word before

“date” or “diligence” 62 ER workers

Andrews McMeel