The Hamilton Spectator

PUZZLE 3

No. 0222

Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Bird’s sound

6 Lion’s sound

10 Dog’s sound

14 Recovers

15 The “A” in A.D.

16 “I wish I had more thumbs to put up!,” e.g.

17 Diplomat

18 Tamagotchis are

digital ones

19 “Don’t overdo it”

20 Region in South America that’s technically part of Europe

23 Malia, to Sasha Obama, for short

24 “Next time someone tells Bronx girls to take off their ___, they can just say they’re dressing like a congresswoman”: A.O.C.

25 Saharan vipers

28 Hang in the

balance

29 Southeast Asian noodle dish invented in a nationalist recipe contest

32 Stayed in neutral

35 Greek city renowned for its olives

36 Brown University’s mascot Bruno, for one

37 Be cheap, say

39 “Really, though?”

40 African country with its own 13-month calendar 42 TV producer

Chaiken

43 Loses one’s

temper

44 Refuse to proceed

46 Costa ___

47 Unappetizing

drink

49 Utmost

52 Word sounded out by the ends of 20-, 35- and 40-Across

55 “So much for

that!”

58 “This register’s

now open!”

59 Amy of “Arrival”

60 Burn soother

61 It’s bent while

genuflecting

62 Hold off from publishing, as a scoop

63 Snake’s sound

64 Cat’s sound

65 Pig’s sound

DOWN

1 Ones who will give you a mouthful?

2 Painter Matisse

3 Pronounced features of American Craftsman-style houses

4 Musk of new

cars?

5 Pumped

6 Eminem song with a Guinness world record for “most words in a hit single” (1,560 in six minutes)

7 Extra life, in

video games

8 Like some email

filters

9 Activist Parks

10 Liquid that may

be pumped

11 Small battery

12 Some music

festival lodgings

13 Shift or Enter

21 Sweetie

22 “De ___” (“You’re welcome,” in Spanish)

26 Terrible twos, e.g.

27 Lustrous fabric

28 They help you

see at sea

30 Mont Blanc, e.g.

31 “Must be

something ___” 32 “___ of you!”

33 Dissuade

34 “Chicago Hope”

actress Christine

35 Car company whose name roughly translates to “rising out of Asia”

37 There’s the rub!

38 It might be printed on a placemat

41 Arab nation that’s a top exporter of gypsum

42 “None for me,

thanks” 44 Like grapefruit or

arugula

45 Teléfono greeting

48 Salon specialist

49 “Swell!”

50 Island shared by

two countries

51 “It ___ sunk in

yet”

53 Peeling potatoes,

perhaps

54 Thor’s father

55 Half a trombone

sound

56 Horror director

Roth

57 Part of L.A.

PUZZLES

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