The Hamilton Spectator

PUZZLE 1

No. 0220

Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Nike, Nestlé or

Nabisco

6 Treasure seeker’s

aid

9 Teacher’s

responsibility

14 Knight’s weapon

15 Wrath

16 Frenzied

17 Sinclair who

wrote “Oil!”

18 Daytime

television drama

20 U.F.O. pilots, for

short

21 Jazz duo?

23 Protective molar

layer

24 Kitchen gadget for the healthconscious

27 Enthusiast’s mag

28 Pigmented rings

29 Calligrapher’s

implement

31 Stubborn animal

32 Courteous

contraction

33 Fruits with pits

35 Romantic prospect after swiping right

40 To-do list task

41 Exclamation at

the end of a trip?

44 Baby bear

47 Garland made

with flowers

48 Suffragist Elizabeth Cady ___

51 Region

53 Stress ball, e.g. 55 Biblical book of

sacred poems

57 “Et voilà!”

58 Unusual

59 Electrical panels found in older homes … or what 18-, 24-, 35- and 53-Across do (regarding each half of each answer)?

61 Super-duper

soup scooper

63 Prefix meaning

“very”

64 To and ___

65 Respected community leader

66 Has staying

power

67 Chaney of old

horror films

68 Bottomless pit

DOWN

1 Toronto M.L.B.

player

2 Pure bliss

3 Most on edge

4 Sgt., e.g.

5 Oscar-winning

Washington

6 Unlikely

philanthropists

7 Greeted the day,

say

8 Little legume

9 “Let’s go!”

10 Bolivian capital

11 Result of iron

deficiency 12 Sounds from fire

trucks

13 What kosher seafood has that nonkosher seafood does not

19 Bygone Spanish

currency

22 Government grp. employing ecologists

25 “Doonesbury” or

“Blondie”

26 Big name in

canned meat

30 Court divider

33 “Dr.” of hip-hop 34 Pastry served with afternoon tea

36 Rink org.

37 Childish rebuttal

38 Actor La Salle

39 Cocktail made with whiskey, honey and lemon

42 Dogs with standard, medium and miniature varieties

43 Big name in

pretzels

44 Pepto-Bismol

dosage 45 Octopus antagonist in “The Little Mermaid”

46 Wild animals

48 Add spices to

49 Actor Danson

50 Flowering shrub

52 On the ball

54 In ___ (not yet

born)

56 Wharton degs.

60 Gridiron group rebooted in 2020

62 Edmonton’s

province: Abbr.

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