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“On Tonight’s PTA Agenda: Anagrams” |
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by Michael J. Doran
Across
- 1. Birthplace of Muhammad
- 6. Slangy backside, in Manchester
- 10. Greenish-blue hue
- 14. Deck out
- 15. Singer Billy
- 16. Award ceremony word
- 17. Aped
- 18. "___ Lang Syne"
- 19. Dutch cheese
- 20. Wimbledon, for one
- 23. Blunder
- 24. Important time
- 25. Free (of)
- 28. Blood-typing letters
- 31. Crusts
- 34. Beginner
- 36. Fred Astare's skill
- 38. They lose to treys
- 39. Test answer
- 40. Emulate a debater
- 42. Bygone currency of Napoli
- 43. Open, as a tomb
- 45. 1998 film based on a Stephen King novella
- 47. Requisites
- 48. "Very," on sheet music
- 49. Chow down
- 50. Slalom skier's maneuver
- 51. Believer: suffix
- 53. IRS employee
- 55. Show of congratulations
- 61. TV's princess warrior
- 64. Having a fresh start
- 65. Bach offering
- 66. Millennium division
- 67. Tex-Mex treat
- 68. Outrageous tax
- 69. Greek sleeper's letter?
- 70. Large member of the deer family
- 71. Site of an annual English music festival
Down
- 1. Papa's counterpart
- 2. Alter
- 3. Give to for free
- 4. Largest Greek island
- 5. Country of the Pyrenees
- 6. Slightly open
- 7. Dandy
- 8. Focuses of egos
- 9. Cain, to Abel
- 10. Help with a heist
- 11. Proof letters
- 12. Neighbor of Can.
- 13. Bank convenience: abbr.
- 21. Men's room sight
- 22. Neck part
- 25. Family secret, sometimes
- 26. Spain and Portugal
- 27. Make sea water drinkable
- 28. Bring into harmony
- 29. Noble partner?
- 30. Musical compositions
- 32. Large mfr. of 12-across
- 33. French artist Edgar
- 35. Humdinger
- 37. Landowner's document
- 38. Sever
- 41. Fed-Ex rival
- 44. One of seven
- 46. Supply for a smoke
- 48. Lacking a key
- 52. Gas, solid, or liquid
- 54. Word after substance
- 55. Legal or medical prefix
- 56. Giraffe feature
- 57. They lose to treys
- 58. Chills and fever
- 59. Morsel for Miss Muffet
- 60. A and E, but not I
- 61. Followers of W
- 62. Wide shoe spec
- 63. Singer ___ King Cole
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English Class Revisited |
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by Michael J. Doran
ACROSS
- 1. Animal in March lore
- 5. Sandbar, for one
- 10. Highway exit
- 14. Hodgepodge
- 15. Do a double take
- 16. Tag sale reading
- 17. 1922 Hesse title character
- 19. Some rolling ball pens
- 20. Entice
- 21. Plaque
- 23. Indy 500 competitors
- 26. “The Blue ___” (1946)
- 28. French star?
- 29. Inventor’s start
- 30. Affirmative response, (slangy)
- 33. Mountains of Africa
- 34. States positively
- 35. “CSI” clue, often
- 36. See 1-across
- 37. Labors exhaustively
- 38. Court sites
- 39. Emulate a human?
- 40. Biblical mount
- 41. La Scala highlights
- 42. Weight lifter’s unit
- 43. Division word
- 44. Color in a Dylan album title
- 45. Rise up
- 47. Applied red makeup
- 48. Hemingway, when writing in Paris
- 50. Chimney residue
- 51. Passes
- 52. Book ending in the Salinas Valley
- 58. Messengers to Harry and Ron
- 59. At right angles, nautically
- 60. Bar Mitzvah, for one
- 61. Mirth
- 62. Acrophobia or Arachnophobia
- 63. Word after county or passenger
DOWN
- 1. ___ Alamos, NM
- 2. 2001 Michael Mann biopic
- 3. Central: prep.
- 4. Famed British library
- 5. Lacking density
- 6. Aesop title animal
- 7. Line judge’s call
- 8. Arson aftermath
- 9. Tanned hides
- 10. Bar Mitzvah attendee
- 11. 1930 Faulkner masterpiece
- 12. Steinbeck title animal
- 13. “Hey, you!”
- 18. Flings
- 22. Regretful interjection
- 23. More true
- 24. Deer antlers
- 25. 1983 Pulitzer winner, with “The”
- 26. Mathematician’s concern
- 27. Fred Astaire’s sis
- 31. Like many a teen’s bed
- 32. Opted against
- 34. Cardiologist’s concern
- 37. Lacking a musical ear
- 38. Fillers between tiles
- 40. Actress Sorvino
- 41. Distant
- 44. Sweeps
- 46. Gang
- 48. In awe
- 49. Release the water works
- 50. Headline
- 53. Honest man?
- 54. Poseidon’s realm
- 55. Vegas cube
- 56. LAX info
- 57. Angler’s aid
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