41 Word with “tooth” or “heart” 42 Brand of hair removal cream 43 True-to-life 44 Deliverer of many pkgs. 45 Computer burner output 46 Comical
Time kill:
Messing 5 Exert to excess 6 Left or right of the goalposts 7 Legendary Horne 8 Turbaned sage 9 Annoying in-
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ACROSS 1 Having no hair 5 Barn-dwelling birds 9 Big bang, no theory 14 Ahab’s safe side? 15 Hotel room bonus 16 One lending a hand 17 Contact lens company Bausch & ___ 18 “Diff’rent Strokes” character 19 Mall tenant 20 Baked potato topper, sometimes 22 Distribute, as confetti 23 Frightened 24 Great Britain, for one 26 Large South African antelope 29 Politically correct suffix 33 50-50 test guess 37 Start for “pasto” 39 Lingering sound effect 40 Caruso solo 41 Word with “tooth” 42 Hair removal cream 43 True-to-life 44 Deliverer of pkgs. 45 Computer burner output 46 Comical Lawrence 48 Absolute ruler before the revolution 50 Chinese cooking pans 52 Like liters and grams 57 Winning, for now 60 On tip of the tongue 63 Raccoon resembler 64 Emulate a lion 65 Word with “decision” 66 Ruhr River Valley city 67 Tutor in “King and I” 68 “Legal” or “medic” lead-in 69 Tractor pioneer John 70 Half of a fortnight 71 WWII submachine gun 10 Houston’s Hot Spots • Summer 2012
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ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE By Raz Kelper
DOWN 1 Kon-Tiki wood 2 Coolly detached 3 Endangered mammal of Madagascar 4 Winger or Messing 5 Exert to excess 6 Left or right of goal 7 Legendary Horne 8 Turbaned sage 9 Inconveniece 10 Final unpleasant moment 11 Strong scent 12 “... for a ___ pittance” 13 Begin to form 21 Commend for bravery 25 BBQ skewer 27 Animal feet 28 All thumbs 30 Incision aftermath 31 The “O” in B&O 32 “Cheers” barfly
33 Where things crop up? 34 “Length times width” 35 One with fiery pants 36 Kind of taffy 38 Trueheart of “Dick Tracy” 41 Like pocketed pool balls 45 Tribe in Manitoba 47 Cut medicine 49 Passenger train co. 51 Last one breaks backs 53 Fluid oz. has two 54 Move rapidly on foot 55 “___ you!” (“Go ahead, make my day!”) 56 Channel covering Capitol Hill 57 Better than passed 58 Car engine part 59 With greatest of ___ 61 “... in ___-horse open sleigh 62 With all one’s marbles