Crossword for Wed, 25/Oct/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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Across
1: Smelting residue

5: Circumvent

10: Behaves

14: Marginally sufficient

15: Hazardous gas

16: K or G

17: Fair

19: Mountain lake

20: Slow musical movements

21: Hamelin's bane

23: Afternoon brew

24: Bio class setting

26: Took the gold

27: Picture puzzle

29: Extinguishes

33: Off the mark

36: ChapStick target

38: Actress Struthers

39: Share a border with

40: Choose the window instead of the aisle?

42: Adolescent

43: Zigs or zags

45: Birdbrain

46: Firm head

47: Sings the praises of

49: Trade shows

51: Place for a feeling

52: Water temperature 'gauge'

53: Tree fluid

56: Ear bone

60: Small

62: Mr. Peanut accessory

63: Assign to a definite place

66: Cumbersome boats

67: Cake cover

68: Hulks pump it

69: Lads

70: Peachy

71: 'That's ___ to me!'

Down
1: Process ore

2: Embankment down by the riverside

3: Combat site

4: Lady's man

5: Not permanent

6: Handyman's vehicle

7: Include

8: Busy sort

9: Funds

10: Weakens

11: Movie detective Charlie

12: Libel, for instance

13: Phoenix roundballers

18: Logical flaw

22: Mafia bosses

25: Construct

27: Recidivate

28: Many a 'Mad' article

30: Bend, as a joint

31: Head for the hills

32: Lip-___

33: Silent greeting

34: Alpine climber

35: Song for two

37: Water balloon impact sound

41: Causation study

44: Pronounce indistinctly

48: Asinine

50: Curb

53: Warehouse

54: Give permission for

55: Hammer parts

56: Sign of healing

57: Tropical root

58: Like a moonless night

59: Typographic measure

61: Word after paper or before skinned

64: Beefeater, e.g.

65: Wrap up





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