Crossword

ACROSS

1 Incline for a

wheelchair

5 Charley horse,

e.g.

10 Partners of dits,

in Morse code

14 Gem whose name comes from “upala,” the Sanskrit word for “precious stone”

15 Japanese bread

crumbs

16 This is a test!

17 Union of two

major companies

19 Item in a

computer folder

20 Altered, as an

article

21 “Time to hit the

road!”

23 Foldable bed

24 Wampanoag chief of the 1600s also known as King Philip

25 Small amount, as

of hair cream

27 Big commotion

29 Some cameras,

for short

30 Son of Zeus and

Hera

32 Crystal ball, e.g.

34 On the ocean

38 Temperature measurer for turkeys and roasts

42 Yemen’s capital

43 Like the steak in

steak tartare

44 “The Persistence of Memory” painter

45 Restaurant chain known for its flapjacks

48 Beer dispenser

at a frat party

50 Acid

51 Ticking item that helps musicians keep time

55 Consumed

57 Sweet liqueur often put in coffee

58 Goodyear

airships

61 “___ this just

lovely?”

62 “I’m back!” … or a hint to 17-, 24-, 38and 51- Across

64 Olympic sled

65 Small plateaus

66 Sicilian volcano

67 Leak slowly

68 Official order

69 Harvest

DOWN

1 Home to the Colosseum

2 Mimicked

3 One of five for which Jack traded the family cow

4 Philosopher who studied under Socrates

5 Zoomed

6 Score to shoot for

7 One might be acute or obtuse

8 Clay targets to be shot, informally

9 Human

10 Thawed, as food before cooking

11 Proposition assumed to be true

12 Berry who played

Storm in “X-Men”

13 Refine, as ore

18 Self-referential

22 “Beat it!”

24 Additional

25 River blockers

26 Side x side, for a

square

28 *Facepalm*

31 Unit in a flight

between stories

33 “I’m c-c-cold!”

35 Standstill, in

chess

36 Fish that are often prepared kabayaki-style

37 Desertlike

39 Chevrolet S.U.V.

40 ___ or break

41 Have debts

46 Not late

47 Like many plants in urban gardening

49 Fancy party

51 Sends, as a

postcard

52 Follow

53 Slight color

54 Soccer’s Lionel

___

56 Mascot for Princeton — or Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes

58 Word in most Academy Award titles

59 ___ colada

60 Suddenly lose

self-control

63 ___ and cheese

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