Monday, May 7, 2012

Crossword, Feb. 3

By on February 3, 2012

ACROSS
1 Prayer before meals
6 Air pollution
10 Fail to include
14 Refueling ship
15 Chime
16 Cause of woe
17 “Faust” or “Aida”
18 Lowdown
19 Convinced
20 Ceased
22 Went off course
24 Official stamp
25 Population __; crowdedness
26 Tailors and seamstresses
29 For the __; ridiculous
30 Edison’s initials
31 No longer fresh
33 Usual sites for clothing tears
37 Stomach __; Tums’ target
39 Child or teen
41 Let fall
42 Midafternoon hour
44 Adjust a clock
46 “__, Sweet as Apple Cider”
47 Apartments
49 Tree house access
51 Kneecap
54 List of dishes
55 Shocked
56 High-jumping hoopster’s play
60 Soak up; absorb
61 Black-__ peas
63 Make amends
64 Misplace
65 Tall stalk of marsh grass
66 Ms. Zellweger
67 Had debts
68 Agile; lively
69 Put clothes on

DOWN
1 “__ grief!”
2 Juicy & ready to be eaten
3 Beer cousins
4 Moderate red
5 Rubber pencil ends
6 Sales pitch
7 Repair
8 Clumsy lout
9 Actor Danny
10 __ with; unable to take one’s mind off of
11 Native New Zealander
12 Bay

13 Child’s bear
21 Delicious
23 Finishes
25 Counts calories
26 “Now!” in the ER
27 Apiece
28 Dam in a river
29 Bessie Smith’s music
32 Vital artery
34 Parched
35 A la __; topped with ice cream
36 Shadowbox
38 Conquered
40 Hayes or Hunt
43 Perpendicular add-ons
45 Huge mug
48 Changes a bit
50 Housecoat
51 Mr. Picasso
52 Shining
53 The ones over there
54 Like a garden after the rain
56 Forest animal
57 Sharpen
58 Small bills
59 Pegs for Els
62 Slangy reply


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