December 24 - 30, 2009
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crossword /
By David Levinson Wilk
© 2009 David Levinson Wilk
ACROSS 1. “____ La La” (1964 hit) 4. Madam’s partner 7. Takes off 14. Suffix with Ecuador 15. “Blood hath been shed ____ now”: Macbeth 16. How some stunts are done 17. Spitefully prank a seven-time Wimbledon champ? 19. They like to bask in the sun 20. Actress Knightley 21. Badger 22. Twin killings, in baseball: Abbr. 23. Shirts and hats that say “Fo’ shizzle my nizzle”? 28. ____ sapiens 29. Lingo: Suffix 30. Herbal “pet” 34. Grp. opposed to underage drinking 36. Poet Nash who wrote “Parsley / Is gharsley” 40. Turn the tables on a Watergate co-conspirator? 43. “Brown Sugar” actress Lathan 44. Gilbert of “Roseanne” 45. Junior in the NFL 46. 1959 Kingston Trio hit 48. “Give that ____ cigar!” 50. Events that get competitive in “The Joy Luck Club”? 56. Aishwarya of Bollywood 58. Alphabet trio 59. Earlier
37. JFK predecessor 38. Writer LeShan 39. Sch. in Greenwich Village 41. Hunter’s partner 42. Da ____, Vietnam 47. Four-time Indy 500 winner 49. First name in mystery 50. Appearances 51. Fairy tale meanies 52. It’s south of Eur. 53. Like a towelette 54. Bert’s Muppet pal 55. “Like a Rock” singer Bob 56. Kelly who cohosts with 27-Down 57. Folk singer DiFranco and others 61. “Top Hat” studio 62. Bush league? 63. Lay down the lawn
60. Mistaken 62. Revealing garment that reveals itself in 17-, 23-, 40- and 50-Across 64. Conjunctivitis, familiarly 65. “Wow!” 66. “Sprechen ____ Deutsch?” 67. Places in groups 68. BlackBerry, e.g., in brief 69. Prefix with centennial Down 1. Looks for 2. Tony winner Uta 3. Hospital procedure, for short 4. Angel 5. Glass of “This American Life” 6. Call the shots? 7. “Nothing ____!” 8. Take on 9. 2002 NBA Rookie of the Year 10. Abbr. on a toothpaste tube 11. Billboard chart category 12. Pitfall 13. Meeting of Cong. 18. Miracle-____ 24. “I can only ____ much” 25. Actors Epps and Sharif 26. Cry that might elicit the reaction “Don’t blaspheme!” 27. “Millionaire” host before Meredith 30. “Face the Nation” airer 31. Mao’s successor 32. Engine starter: Abbr. 33. Brightly colored lizard 35. Hip hop headwear
Last Thursday’s Solution
THE QUIGMANS
Buddy Hickerson
Level: 1
2
3 4
NICK KNACK
SOLUTION TO LAST WEEK’S PUZZLE
12/27/09
Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit www.sudoku.org.uk
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