CROSSWORD
KEEPING DRY
ACROSS
1 Baseball bat
wood
6 Jouster’s suit
11 Source of 21-Across 14 Soothe, as fears 15 Keaton of “The Family Stone” 16 Insert into the lineup 17 Sensitive bit of information
19 Letter after pi
20 “Beloved” author
Morrison
21 IPA part
22 “Pay attention!”
24 ___ recognition (campaigner’s plus)
26 Played out
27 Popular printers
30 “Able was I . . .”
subject
33 Not masc. or neut.
34 Language in Y2K
news
36 Hunter’s hangout
37 Teen fave
39 Chord components 41 Falls asleep, with “off”
42 Minnesota’s
10,000+
44 “Don’t need any
more”
46 Nov. honoree
47 Qualified to play
49 Gatherings of
witches
51 Toddlers’ taboos
52 “Big Yellow Taxi”
singer Mitchell
53 Bothers
persistently
55 Foam finger
sporter
56 Mercy-rule game,
e.g.
60 Planet, to a poet
61 Harsh grilling
64 Nemo’s milieu
65 Zellweger of “Miss
Potter” 66 “Carmen” composer Georges
67 Chewie’s chum in
“Star Wars”
68 Like a rainbow
69 Stains on a record
DOWN
1 Spanker supporter 2 Cher, vocally 3 Word after peace or pension
4 Marco Rubio or Ted Cruz
5 Glass prosthetic
6 Grammy winner for “25”
7 Food served in a bed
8 Scratch or dent
9 2.5 miles, at Indy
10 Form of vitamin A
11 One of a carol duo
12 USTA stadium namesake
13 McJob doer, e.g.
18 Biblical lion slayer 23 Place for an art
exhibition
25 Mandela’s org.
26 Hoedown seats
27 IRS submission
option
28 Pipe organ part
29 Tobacco-free
policy
30 “Musta been someone else!” 31 City north of Salt Lake City
32 Wrens’ homes
35 Gets really
steamed
38 Snap-together
bricks
40 Dueler’s
attendant
43 Frank of the original “Ocean’s Eleven”
45 “Long” or “short” amount
48 Take the
trouble
50 “Aeneid” author 52 Bored with it all
53 Grab a snack
54 BART part
55 For the asking
57 7-Down-shaped
pasta
58 Do lunch together,
say
59 Shelter adoptees
62 Business mag
since 1979
63 Gradually decline