Crossword for Thu, 17/Oct/2024

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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Across
1: Casino machines, briefly

6: Renege, slangily, with 'out'

10: Leave in, to an editor

14: Popular fragrance

15: Roid or road follower

16: Gondolier gear

17: Wind gauge

19: They might be visual

20: Metro maker

21: Garbage bag closer

22: Knight's attendant

24: Modern writers' aids

28: Food scrap

29: Male deer

30: Drinks like a dog

33: Tubby moniker

34: Upsilon follower

37: Stir up

40: Quite sure

42: Stewing vessel

43: Reluctant

45: Tributes in verse

46: Unwanted sound

47: Liable

49: 'Boston Public' figure

54: Reads for errors

55: Opposite of paleo-

56: Yuletide worker

59: Soaks, as flax

60: Western

64: Emulate a couch potato

65: Injure badly

66: Held up, as a heavy weight

67: Stocking stuffers

68: Olympic weapon

69: Destroy by degrees

Down
1: Smelting residue

2: Pat response

3: Some dairy sticks

4: Highlander's cap

5: Sea duck

6: Bass basket

7: Wharf pest

8: Historical period

9: Cantankerous

10: Short circuit sights

11: Linen fabric

12: Adjective for some statesmen

13: Lab jobs

18: Jazz vibraphonist Jackson

23: Cast member

25: Station

26: Dance part?

27: Come up with a scheme

30: Full circle, on the track

31: In the past

32: Set as rivals

33: Monumental meal

34: Goalie's protection

35: Get going

36: November winners

38: Snobbishly unfriendly

39: Laborious

41: Package carrier

44: Player's peg

46: Hangman's halters

47: Sailed right through

48: ''Friends'' character

49: Yardarm

50: Doctrine of belief

51: In a heated manner

52: Old-womanish

53: 'It's b-a-a-c-k!' fashion

57: Bring in

58: Head for the hills

61: Biretta or beret

62: Stick on a table

63: Easter preceder?





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