CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Threaded fastener
6 Grilled sausage, for short
10 “__ the night before Christmas ... “
14 Slacks fabric
15 Lasso
16 “How disappointing”
17 John Steinbeck novel set in the Salinas Valley
19 Algebra, trig, etc.
20 Suffix with neat or beat
21 Whacks with an ax
22 Numerical relationship
23 Make an attempt at
25 Delta Sigma __ sorority
27 Fourth film in a series starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour
32 “If the __ fits ... “
35 Loewe’s partner
36 Post-op recovery area
37 Iron-rich meat
39 Girl of the fam
40 Wild West film
42 Sailor’s yes
43 Cover stories
46 Supermodel Banks
47 Epic poem by John Milton
50 Feature of italic letters
51 Principality on the French Riviera
55 Provide food service for
57 Prom couple’s ride
59 Parking area
60 Actor Sharif
61 Grammynominated Keyshia Cole hit song
64 Baseball glove
65 Apex
66 Evade skillfully
67 Poetic tributes
68 A++
69 Helicopter blade
DOWN
1 Potpourri emanation
2 Part of a dinette set
3 Full of uncertainty
4 Sinus specialist, for short
5 “Yippee!”
6 Make, as coffee
7 Drapery holders
8 Big galoot
9 Low card in a royal flush
10 Gazpacho ingredient
11 “That’s too bad”
12 __-lock brakes
13 Nabe in London and Manhattan
18 Like many an alley cat
22 Fashionably nostalgic
24 Available for an appointment
25 Throat tissue
26 Shade on a paint color strip
28 Cease and __ order
29 Native American group
30 Cake prettifier
31 Subtle glow
32 High-five sound
33 “How’s it goin’?”
34 Exaggerate
38 Storm tracker
41 Mailing label abbr.
44 “Hamilton” creator __-Manuel Miranda
45 French river to the English Channel
48 Tips off
49 “__ rather than later, please”
52 Alaskan native
53 Time-share unit, typically
54 Playful river animal
55 “¿__ está usted?”
56 Bunched in with
57 Reading light
58 Currier’s partner
61 Fez or fedora
62 Green prefix
63 __-pitch softball