CROSSWORD
SWITCHPLATES
ACROSS
1 Dracula, after shapeshifting
4 Avocado dip, casually 8 Hawks and doves 13 Shape of some coffee tables 15 Singer James portrayed by Beyonce 16 Really go for 17 Features of some school uniform skirts 19 Zapped with a stun gun
20 Contemptible sort
21 Tour of duty
23 Green of “Dark Shadows”
24 Crate marker’s aid
26 What many fidget toys do
27 Klutzy sort
30 Castaway’s distress call
31 Descends a cliff
33 Pool noodles, e.g.
35 “Hold on, I’ve changed my mind!”
36 Indigenous plant life
37 Hotel shuttle, perhaps
38 Stock exchange memberships 41 Matt of “Going in Style”
43 It may be cast in November
44 Camper’s cookware
46 In the doldrums
47 Bond or Bourne
48 ___ up (pay)
49 PTA part
52 “Made for Moments” TV brand
53 Car named for an inventor
54 Clatter or chatter
58 Give up one’s amateur standing
60 Painting medium similar to crayons
62 Dupont acrylic fiber
63 3-Down alternative
64 Appear to be
65 Really small
66 Handsome, as a sum
67 House of Commons politicos, for short
DOWN
1 Flappers’ hairdos
2 Openly declare
3 Hired ride
4 “I had no idea!”
5 The Osmonds, by birth 6 Storage area beneath the rafters
7 Skillet material 8 Bed ___ & Beyond 9 Sun Valley’s state (Abbr.)
10 They may be strewn at weddings 11 Austin Powers nemesis 12 Cadillac CTS and Lincoln MKZ 14 Some hosp. staffers 18 “We need to hash this out!”
22 Meaty part of a crab
25 Camera named for a goddess
26 Pitchman’s pitch
27 Not on the job
28 The works
29 Corn or potatoes
32 Rose Bowl city
34 Greet the day
35 Bert Bobbsey’s twin
37 Unseats, as an elected official
39 Word after tank or tube
40 Where slop is served
42 “Lo-cal,” in ads
43 Scrooge’s interjection
44 Robbie of “I, Tonya”
45 Concert finale, often
46 Ascended, as a cliff
50 “I was out of town at the time,” e.g. 51 Rachel’s love interest on “Friends”
53 Frosted Flakes tiger
55 Gossip magazine twosome
56 Ooze, as through cracks 57 Majestic trees 59 Harry’s best friend at Hogwarts
61 Act the snoop