Crossword
ACROSS
1 Theatrical object 5 Anchor’s summary 10 Air pollution 14 Account execs 15 Address the convention 16 “. . . on the ___ prairie” 17 Two days in December 18 Bars for guitars 19 “Author unknown” byline 20 Football and hockey, for two 23 Feeling flu symptoms 24 Baby’s first and second word? 25 “All joking ___ . . .” 28 Arrange, as hair 30 Elusive, slippery 33 Hearing device 34 Catch in a trap 37 City suffix, sometimes 38 Thing to check the day of a parade 41 “Barton ___” 42 Choice for rain gear 43 Time-worn 44 Declared sacred 45 Three-masted sailing ship 49 “There’s no ___ like home” 51 Hand-wringer’s word 53 Chicken-king center 54 It may be good or bad to make them 59 Tale of grand proportions 61 “The ___ According to Garp” 62 Endeavor speed measurement 63 “Beware the ___ of March” 64 Everything being counted 65 A chip before the deal 66 Came apart at the seams 67 Difficult to straighten out 68 Catholic rite
DOWN
1 Concise summary 2 Rebellion 3 In plain view 4 Hissed “Hey, you!” 5 “Fidelio” basso 6 Calliope colleague 7 Baseball players’ toppers 8 At the acme of 9 South-of-the-border coin 10 Bedframe strips 11 Title for a Frenchman 12 Famous Dakota resident 13 ___-Xers (boomers’ kids) 21 007, for one 22 Sci-fi writer Bradbury 26 Barroom projectile 27 Part of a joule 29 Be less than watertight 30 “. . . and ___ to rise” 31 Acts human 32 Onion relative 35 “Am-scray!” 36 Singer Diamond or Young 37 Treat for the dog 38 “Boys ___ be boys” 39 Put in harm’s way 40 Computer image component 41 Dandily dressed dude 44 Chop down, as a tree 46 Tropical fruit 47 Appoints democratically 48 ___ in (takes the money) 50 “Desist” companion 51 Wailing and Berlin 52 In an unconventional manner 55 Sink’s alternative 56 Improve, as one’s skills 57 Notable time periods 58 Muslim holy man 59 “Down in front!” 60 “And now, without further ___”