Crossword
TO BEE OR NOT TO BEE
By Katherine Manning
ACROSS
1 Viewed 5 Absolute ruler 11 “Discontinue this” computer key 14 Aware of 15 “Michael, Row Your Boat ___” 16 Grazing land 17 Miss America could be considered one 19 Digital screen, for short 20 It’s a driving concern 21 More stuffy 23 Artificial sweetener choice 26 “Eureka!” alternatives 27 Wear away over time 28 Keep up, as a conversation 30 Mountain ridges 31 Apple or banana cream dessert 32 Centrally located note 35 Pilotless weapon 40 Beneficiary 41 Stereotypically easy class 43 Where the chips are down? 46 Sailor, e.g. 49 ___ once (suddenly) 50 Cold-climate seabird 52 Focus of many an X-ray 53 Silky-coated dogs 55 “Well, what have we here?” 56 Place on a blacklist 57 Man in Bethlehem? 62 Not be passive 63 Adenoid neighbor 64 Capital of Peru 65 “Elvis ___ left the building” 66 Sam and J.C. of the PGA 67 Comfortable and cozy
DOWN
1 React to a tearjerker 2 67 degrees 30 minutes 3 Metal core? 4 Milky Way component 5 Week links? 6 Abbr. on a lawyer’s nameplate 7 “Be quiet!” 8 “Dead ___ Society” 9 100-year-old snack 10 Easier to cut into 11 “Mama” Cass 12 Leave the country? 13 Core groups 18 Samoa’s monetary unit 22 El ___ (Spanish painter) 23 “I know what you’re thinking” ability 24 Clever quote 25 Abstainer’s opposite 26 ___ Bath (prank call name) 29 Grown-up bug 30 Tree sacred to the Druids 33 “Com” preceder 34 Worthless stuff 36 1999 headline-grabbing child 37 Canine specialists 38 Partner of rank and serial number 39 Annals of history 42 Demolition material 43 “Rock the ___” (The Clash) 44 Camellike mammal 45 Isn’t on the level 47 “HELLO! . . . Hello! . . . hello . . .” 48 Fingerprint patterns 50 Coeur d’ ___, Idaho 51 ___ hammer on (pounds) 54 School founded in 1440 by Henry VI 55 “Harry Potter” birds 58 Carry-out drink topper 59 Blood-related 60 Aussie coat-of-arms bird 61 Worthless cloth