Crossword for Sun, 7/Jul/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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Across
1: Cocktail hour spread

5: Debatable gift

8: Johnny with a guitar

12: World War II partnership

13: Thus

14: Nebulous

15: Tiniest protest

16: Film follower

17: 'The Gift of the Magi' device

18: Helper

20: Machine parts

21: Mock-portraying

22: Wager

23: Calzone flavoring

26: Takes offense at

30: 'You ___ here'

31: Known as

34: Caroling song

35: English class concern

37: Frequency of TV viewing?

38: Spring bloomer

39: Triangular sail insert

40: Chummier

42: Helios, to the Romans

43: Trap

45: Company lover?

47: Very cold

48: Obscenity substitute, perhaps

50: Out-of-focus picture

52: Conducts business

56: Resembling

57: Round of applause

58: Bolted

59: Got in shape, with 'up'

60: Barely manages, with 'out'

61: Hi-fi description

62: Deli loaves

63: 'Sure thing!'

64: Give this for that
Down
1: Dad

2: Gives the heave-ho

3: Makes a sheepshank

4: Observation

5: Pun reaction, perhaps

6: Getting on in years

7: Low-quality diamond

8: Orange pigment

9: Bug-eyed

10: Phoenix roundballers

11: Attention getter

13: Create a yen

14: Bad habits

19: Ill will

22: Four-poster, e.g.

23: Gas meter, for one

24: Match play?

25: Brings up

26: Whistle-blowers, of a sort

27: Oater omen

28: Opera hero, usually

29: With an ulterior motive

32: Have the final say

33: Electrical unit

36: Many Mensa members

38: Gets snoopy

40: Blubber

41: Blue-pencils

44: Caustic

46: Muscle contractions

48: Try to avoid an accident, maybe

49: Freeway divisions

50: Marking float

51: Bowling alley

52: '___ went thataway!'

53: Food, informally

54: Sandwich fish

55: Word on an octagon

56: 15 min. on the gridiron




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