CROSSWORD
AT THE EPICENTER
ACROSS
1 Hairdos at Woodstock 6 Drop into a dumpster 10 Rejuvenation spots 14 Patchwork spread 15 Fiend’s doings 16 Put on Facebook 17 Cause of stomach pain 18 Pencil-and-paper puzzle
19 “Another thing . . .”
20 Brewpub buy
21 Orchard worker
24 Ark complements
26 War ender
27 Voiced a refusal
29 Like a punk rocker’s hair, perhaps
31 Drivetrain part
32 Contacts-wearer’s solution
34 Gooey mass
37 Isn’t joking about
39 Took the title
40 Window treatment option
42 Shelf-sitter of kid-lit
43 Rugged, as a cliff
46 Gathering clouds, to some
47 Babies in pouches
48 Not in the team photo
50 Improves the fit of, perhaps
53 Clean with a whisk
54 Sign of fright or cold 57 Non-neutral particle
60 Julia, to Emma Roberts
61 Fan’s fave
62 What this puzzle’s title suggests
64 “That’s clear”
65 McEntire with three Grammys
66 George who created Darth Vader
67 Jock’s antithesis
68 Word before money or mark
69 Roger with a famous thumb
DOWN
1 Shade similar to cyan
2 Out of room 3 Dish with a seasoned broth
4 South-of-the-border “Bravo!” 5 Put through a sieve 6 Holiday-season staffers, for short 7 Watermelon shape, often 8 Egg carton datum 9 Got extra sack time 10 Kevin of “Horrible Bosses”
11 Many an accordion tune
12 Speed, to a ballplayer
13 Campfire recitation
22 Favorable factors
23 In a fit of pique
25 Gulf of ___ (Yemen’s waters)
27 Copycat’s order, with “the”
28 One-and-onehalf-turn rink leap
29 Walks through muck
30 Aluminum bat sound
33 Sporting road grays, say
34 Cat or top hat, in Monopoly 35 Start of
Ali Baba’s command
36 Like a fishhook
38 Hit a threepointer, say 41 Feb. 14 bouquet bloom
44 Inhale and exhale
45 Fore-and-aftrigged boat
47 Delivered one-liners, e.g.
49 Firefly or ladybug
50 “Once more!”
51 No-goodnik
52 Powder in printers
53 Spread awkwardly
55 Breaker of a mental block
56 Black Friday scenes
58 Epps of “Shooter”
59 Duckling’s home
63 Where spokes converge