ELVES ON THE SHELVES

ACROSS

1 Nondairy milk source 4 Game for young sluggers 9 Untruthful people 14 Be in debt

15 Video’s counterpart 16 Cultural value system 17 Suddenly start listening

20 Park who played Gretchen Wieners on Broadway 21 Stick around 22 Iraqi currency 23 Composer of the Brandenburg Concertos 24 Word after “charter” or “party” 27 Magnetic Poetry or Lite- Brite, e. g. 28 Feasted 30 Santa’s laugh 32 Coca- Cola water brand

35 Name with three vowels in a row 36 Paint treatment used for an old- fashioned look 39 “Dear Evan Hansen” star Ben 40 “The Friendly Ghost” 41 Coercion

43 Overly

44 Dia de ___ Muertos 47 Payment for services

48 Eel, for example 50 Some circle dances 52 Clump of hair 53 Go from board to pool

54 Stop by for a quick greeting 59 Extraterrestrial 60 Seoul, South ___ 61 Cry loudly

62 Like a pet that won’t leave your lap

63 Be 64 Hospital sections, for short

DOWN

1 “How tragic!” 2 Says “I am what I am”

3 “Mm . . . I don’t think so”

4 ___ tots 5 Bobber in a harbor

6 “___ Twist, Scientist” ( children’s book) 7 Ignited

8 Tons of, informally 9 Actress who played Glinda in “The Wiz”

10 ___- bitty 11 Yellowfin tuna 12 Outback hopper, for short

13 Two- hyphen ID

( Abbr.) 18 Toddler’s get- together 19 Draw using acid 23 Under

24 Jeers from unhappy spectators

25 “Not a chance” 26 Note above fa 28 “Why do you ___?” 29 Mineral in baby powder 31 Oscar- winning 2019 short by Matthew A. Cherry

33 Behaves oddly 34 “Should that be the case . . .” 36 One of 76 in this puzzle

37 Not common 38 Wall St. debut 39 E- ticket format 42 Use a strainer 45 “Should that not be the case . . .” 46 Seafarer

49 Add fuel to 50 Cymbalsand- pedal combo 51 Elitists 52 Not winning or losing

53 Does some shibori 54 Attracted to people of any gender, for short 55 Futbol cheer 56 Dessert in “Waitress” 57 Chicago White ___ 58 Name hidden in “Costa Rica”

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