CROSSWORD

aCRoSS

1 Early moisture

4 Doesn’t include

9 Snout

13 Take __; assume control 15 Camp craft

16 Neighbor of Missouri

17 Mr. Peanut’s prop

18 Crowd scene actor

19 Emperor of old

20 Mates for mares

22 Jailer’s janglers

23 Dire fate

24 Go quickly

26 Self-centered person 29 Immaculate

34 Archaeology sites

35 __ up; prepares

36 “Nonsense!”

37 Piece of jewelry

38 Mr. Mandel

39 Goose egg

40 Big game

41 Ore seeker

42 More pleasant

43 Abandoned

45 Hot and humid

46 __ Wednesday; 2/14/24 47 Lucille, for one 48 Struck with a bullet 51 Found

56 Leo XIII’s title

57 Baton __

58 “The Buckeye State” 60 __-friendly

61 Yam or cassava

62 __ Scotia

63 Refuse to

acknowledge

64 Exams before a panel 65 Teacher’s favorite

DowN

1 MD, for short

2 Gabor & others

3 “Yankee Doodle __ to

town…”

4 Wild feline

5 Proverbial saying

6 Two __ four is two

7 Having mixed feelings 8 Oceanfront

9 Bit of change

10 Trickle out

11 Convince

12 Rabbit __; TV antenna 14 First grade subject

21 Bereavement 25 “__ a Heartache”; Bonnie

Tyler song

26 Wasn’t accurate

27 Deceitful cunning

28 Farmyard cries

29 Used needle & thread

30 Couple

31 Standing straight

32 More resentful

33 Narrative

35 No longer here

38 Up until that time

39 Infinitely large number 41 Sra.

42 Not valid

44 Café

45 Cavalry swords

47 Starbucks edible

48 Most popular tuber,

slangily

49 Rubber tube

50 Word with house or

season

52 Bitter

53 Brass instrument

54 Mall unit

55 Bee colony

59 Heart-healthy grain