Crossword for Wed, 1/Feb/2023

1
 
2
 
3
 
4
 
5
 
6
 
7
 
8
 
9
 
10
 
11
 
12
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15
 
16
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20
 
21
 
 
 
 
 
22
 
23
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24
 
 
 
 
 
25
 
26
 
 
 
 
 
27
 
28
 
 
 
29
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30
 
 
 
 
 
31
 
32
 
33
 
34
 
35
 
36
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
37
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
38
 
 
 
 
 
39
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
40
 
 
 
 
 
41
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
42
 
 
 
 
 
43
 
44
 
 
 
 
 
45
 
46
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
47
 
 
 
 
 
48
 
 
 
 
 
49
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
50
 
 
 
 
 
51
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
52
 
53
 
54
 
55
 
56
 
57
 
 
 
58
 
59
 
 
 
 
 
60
 
61
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
62
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
63
 
64
 
 
 
 
 
65
 
66
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
67
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
68
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
69
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
70
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
71
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
72
 
 
 
 
 
Across
1: Check

4: Kind of acid

8: Help for the hapless

12: Cool time

13: Jamie Farr's breakout series

14: Courted

16: Pip

17: Fortune

18: Island near Molokai

19: Separated

21: Stitched

23: Ripped apart

24: Pivotal

25: Thin-bladed tools

27: Chimpanzee's hoot

29: Where oysters grow

30: Evil spell

31: T-bar offering

34: Gave out

37: ___ Cross

38: 'Come again?'

39: Rock, scissors, or paper

40: Cockroach, for one

41: Investigator's assignment

42: Enjoyable

43: Down in the dumps

45: Garrulous

47: Photo ___ (campaign events)

48: Point, as a rifle

49: Armageddon

50: Channels 2-14

51: Okefenokee Swamp inhabitant of fiction

52: Handyman's vehicle

55: Assured of success

58: Comparison word

60: Number on a tag

62: Together (with)

64: Indian maid

66: Den of thieves

67: Insect stages

68: Lavish party

69: Cons' confines

70: Cheesy sandwich

71: Overflow

72: Dress fancily, with 'out'
Down
1: Moderate gray

2: Put to rest

3: Out-of-focus picture

4: Diamond judge

5: Elevates

6: Skye and Man

7: Meditate (on)

8: Hole punch

9: Reluctant

10: Hi-fi description

11: Cauterize

12: Criticism

15: Tumultuous noise

20: Quaker's address

22: Caroling song

26: Like any number finishing with '9'

28: Kind of moron?

29: Burger roll

30: Not share

31: Just one of those things

32: Vote off the island

33: Part of Miss Muffet's meal

34: Dirt, so to speak

35: Where to see the alphabet float

36: Phoenix roundballers

37: Tint

40: Bleacher creature?

41: Video recorder, for short

43: Scrooge's exclamation

44: English elevator

45: Minor player, so to speak

46: NBA target

49: Give

50: Mercenary

51: Check recipient

52: Olive-green bird

53: Breezing through, as an exam

54: Beaks

55: Navigator's need

56: Grad

57: Dummy

59: Dagger handle

61: Proof of pmt.

63: Obtain

65: Line of clothing




Solution (Reversed)
S
M
L
A
C
I
R
U
B
A
T
D
E
O
O
W
H
S
A
M
L
L
A
F
I
A
N
A
L
E
L
I
P
U
L
U
L
N
R
O
T
N
W
E
S
T
R
A
P
A
H
O
O
S
E
O
H
Y
E
K
W
O
T
X
E
H
S
D
E
B
H
U
H
Y
L
O
H
D
E
U
S
S
I
E
S
A
C
G
U
B
N
U
O
N
Y
T
T
A
H
C
E
U
L
B
N
U
F
M
O
O
D
M
I
A
S
P
O
N
A
V
O
G
O
P
F
H
V
E
C
I
R
P
N
A
H
T
E
D
A
M
B
I
R
C
H
A
Y
A
G
N
O
L
A
S
N
E
P
E
T
E
F
E
A
P
U
P
G
O
T
M
E
E
T
T
L
E
M