CROSSWORD
SLUG FEST
ACROSS
1 Spherical solids
5 Beethoven’s Fif th, e.g.
9 Glower in a hibachi
14 Piece also called a castle
15 Gasp for breath 16 Somewhat, informally
17 Cedar or sequoia
20 “The Joy Luck Club” author 21 Venues with luxury boxes
22 Spreadsheet figures
24 Subterranean resource
25 Scratchy of cartoons, e.g.
28 “Ghost Rider” star
34 Gas leak tip-off
36 “Hit me” sayer’s request
37 Less loony
38 Lasso thrower
40 Cooking Channel vessel
41 Gavel banger’s demand
42 Raise a stink
43 Golden spike state
45 Prepare for a shot
46 Taxation basis
49 Rockets’ glare color
50 1.5-volt battery size 51 Reaction to a pinch
53 Decorate with raised letters
57 What’s happening
61 Slug, or a hint to the starts of 17-,
28- and 46-Across
65 From this point on
66 Get deservedly
67 Numbers-drawing game
68 Fish-eating frolicker
69 Hype oneself Answers: 70 Carolina-style hot dog topper
DOWN
1 Black-and-white predator
2 Clue board area
3 Unhealthily thin
4 School pageant segments 5 Budding comic’s event
6 Figure after a hole length
7 Colorful card game
8 Early Beatle Sutcliffe
9 Barista’s brew
10 Suburban pest
11 Fiber in brown rice
12 Volcano near Catania 13 Charlie Brown expletive 18 Goat-horned piper of myth 19 Paretsky of whodunits
23 Shoulder bone
24 Gap Inc. subsidiary
25 Buckingham Palace pooch
26 Sew fringe on, say
27 Lecture focus
29 Give a lecture
30 Raise a stink
31 Conjunction with a slash
32 Barnyard gaggle
33 Made a bad call
35 Auctioned car, often
39 Digitally enhance, as a recording
44 Following, as advice
47 Carefree state
48 Pillager’s take
52 Candle centers
53 Sound system effect
54 ___ & Chandon Champagne
55 Infield single, maybe
56 YOLO part
58 Nativity tune
59 Rodriguez of “Jane the Virgin”
60 Mountain topper
62 Man under Gen. Lee
63 Word before cry or out
64 Big Band ___