Games_World_of_Puzzles 2019-12-01

december 2019 | GAMES WORLD OF PUZZLES 21

ACROSS

1 Cooler
7 Stroll along
12 Buddies
16 Jessica on Murder,
She Wrote
17 Cathedral painted
by Monet
18 Instrument featured
in Boléro
19 The moral course?: 3 wds.
22 King of Judah
23 Cobblers’ needs
24 Discomfort
25 Breadth
27 Lamb alternative?
29 Definite article,
in Düsseldorf
30 Try to impress a
date: 3 wds.
35 D.C. figures
36 Chemical compounds
37 Dawson or Cariou
38 Jazz singing style
41 Muhammad of
boxing fame
42 Rear end
43 Black Sea port
47 Stressed-out exec’s
need: 3 wds.
52 Tristram Shandy novelist

53 First name in gossip

54 Habit wearer

55 Certain saisons

57 Bank statement abbr.

58 Native of Muscat

60 About: 2 wds.

63 Two that keep on

going, and going, and

going...?: 3 wds.

66 She played Garrett on

The Facts of Life

67 Where she blows?

69 Oil-providing fish

70 Pallas ___

72 Cager Baylor

75 Melodic syllable

78 Type of news

session: 3 wds.

82 Afghanistan neighbor

83 ”Band of Gold”

singer Payne

84 Son’s lover in Sons

and Lovers

85 Parched

86 Valuable possession

87 Antelopes

DOWN

1 Hubble sponsor: Abbr.

2 Tolkien forest creatures

3 Ancient capital of India

4 Bigelow or Red

Rose offering

5 New Haven coed

6 Sleeve type

7 Garfunkel and Alexakis

8 Castle protector

9 ___ burner

10 Set the pace

11 World-weariness

12 Minute opening

13 Scrape

14 Cause to become slack

15 Pattern users

20 Solved, as a problem

21 Santa ___,

California

25 Nice seasoning?

26 Kettle et al.

28 Music’s Paul or Claypool

30 Sports

31 Shoreline feature

32 “Make a joyful ___ ...”

33 Sweetie

34 Meantime

35 Leave as is, in

editorial lingo

39 Part of an insect’s leg

40 Town SE of

Oklahoma City

42 Olden dagger

44 Egyptian peninsula

45 The ___ and the Fury

46 Miss Hannigan’s charge

48 Coat holder

49 Pismire

50 Exclusive

51 Tums or Maalox

56 RR depot

58 Like a famous

TV couple

59 Kilimanjaro et al.

60 Some OPEC members

61 Essential character

62 Hold a second trial

64 Dunne and Cara

65 Generic, as a

brand: Hyph.

67 Explosive letters

68 Israeli port

71 Feudal serf

73 Take on freight

74 Summertime

annoyance

75 Pollux or Nan

Bobbsey, e.g.

76 Enjoy a novel

77 Take up ___

(go to war)

79 Surgeons’ places,

for short

80 Nothing at all

81 Spanish Mrs.

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