CHARACTER BUILDING
ACROSS
1 Italian wine cit y
5 Wayne ___ (abode above the Batcave) 10 “Know your rights” org.
14 “Wheel of Fortune” option
15 Battery terminal
16 Chaotic scenes
17 About average
20 Church topper
21 Wetlands waders
22 Anonymous Richard
23 Awful-tasting
24 Poke fun at
27 Sports “zebra,” for short
29 NYC’s Park or Fifth
30 Took the gold
33 Fly off the handle
35 Second tier of a stadium, perhaps
37 Sport on a
300-yard-long field
38 Song sung by Ariel in “The Little Mermaid” 41 Volcano that’s a World Heritage Site
42 Swarming (with)
43 Blast from the past
44 Court do-over
45 ___ size (like much Halloween candy)
46 Pal of Pooh and Piglet
48 Nod’s meaning
49 Self-righteous sort
50 First lady McKinley
52 In high spirits
55 Sophocles or Euripides heroine
59 Meeting at which candidates are nominated
62 Andy Taylor’s boy
63 Stomach woe
64 “Almighty” role for Steve Carell
65 Acts the shrew
66 Hacienda drudges
67 Mrs. David Copperfield
DOWN
1 Serpents in hieroglyphics
2 Lovers’ squabble
3 Pirelli product
4 Read between the lines
5 Matlin with a 1987 Oscar
6 Pot builder 7 Traditional Japanese drama form 8 Shelley’s “To a Skylark,” e.g. 9 Quarterback’s target
10 Lapis lazuli hue 11 Reactor part 12 Failed to take the gold 13 Doesn’t waste 18 City north of Lisbon, as it ’s sometimes known 19 Get an eyeful of
23 Not as explicit
24 Ward off
25 About to blow one’s stack
26 Beyond well-done
28 Pass with ___ colors
30 Hardly terse
31 Skate park stunt
32 Lymphatic system parts
34 After-school org.
36 Sock-in-the-gut reaction
37 Inside-theBeltway figure, for short
39 Healthful dessert choice
40 Like Pinocchio
45 Become worn
47 Edmonton skaters
49 “For ___ sake!”
51 Didn’t just sit
52 “___ further review . . .”
53 Porridgeeating bear
54 Slammer at sea 11/20 55 Having neither
30-Across nor
12-Down
56 Show-saving device 57 Sound from a big cat
58 King of Siam’s visitor
60 Corrida cheer
61 Sgt. or cpl.