Crossword by: Tom Pepper and edited by Rich Norris
Across
1. Shake, as one’s tail ELUDE
6. Apple polisher TOADY
11. “Ri-i-ight!” HAH!
14. Patient’s share COPAY
15. Els only about six feet above the ground ERNIE
16. Big name in kitchenware OXO
17. Bugs HIDDEN MIKES
19. Animation collectible CEL
20. “Double Fantasy” artist ONO: Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking and for her marriage to John Lennon. Ono brought feminism to the forefront in her music. Wikipedia
21. Carnation spot LAPEL
22. Booked solid BUSY
23. Bugs BEETLE CARS
26. Says it isn’t so REBUTS
29. Annual Queens sports event US OPEN
32. Seals, as a deal ICES
33. One may be given to a detective ALIBI
36. __ diet ON A
37. Bugs SOFTWARE DEFECTS
41. “Don’t Bring Me Down” rock gp. ELO
42. Hits the trail HIKES
43. Mongolian tent YURT
44. Try to better understand, as difficult prose REREAD
46. Bandleading brothers’ name DORSEY
48. Bugs ELMER’S BANE
52. Moo juice MILK
54. Lofty nest AERIE
55. Get-up-and-go VIM
58. Kerfuffle ADO
59. Bugs DRIVES CRAZY
62. X, at times TEN
63. “Peer Gynt” playwright IBSEN: Henrik Johan Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as “the father of realism” and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre.Wikipedia
64. Lincoln’s side UNION
65. Withered woman HAG
66. With 67-Across, San Diego Zoo attraction GIANT
67. See 66-Across PANDA
Down
1. Letter before Foxtrot ECHO
2. Pork purchase LOIN
3. Bridesmaid’s coif UPDO
4. “American __!”: animated sitcom DAD: American Dad! is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, and Matt Weitzman for the “Animation Domination” lineup on Fox. American Dad! is the first television series to have beginnings on Animation Domination. Wikipedia
5. Ornamental embroidered hole EYELET
6. Bait TEMPT
7. Projecting window ORIEL
8. Popular tat spot ANKLE
9. Conk out DIE
10. “It’s a go!” YES!
11. Words before disappearing, perhaps HOCUS POCUS
12. Fires AXES
13. First word from Robin HOLY
18. Laddie’s turndowns NAES
22. “My man!” BRO!
23. Pedestal sculpture BUST
24. 8 or 64, e.g. CUBE
25. “Ri-i-ight!” AS IF!
26. Choir support RISER
27. Place for élèves ECOLE
28. Any day now BEFORE LONG
30. __ nous ENTRE
31. Vile NASTY
33. Object of Indy’s quest ARK: Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American fantasy-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas, and starring Harrison Ford. It is the first installment in the Indiana Jones franchise.Wikipedia
34. Sea side LEE
35. Tags on bags IDS
38. Impact sound WHAM!
39. Camp staffer AIDE
40. Rochester’s bride EYRE
45. Antlered critter ELK
46. Place of honor DAIS
47. Like small coffeemakers ONE-CUP
49. Madame Gorbachev RAISA
50. Atomic number of nitrogen SEVEN: Nitrogen is a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7. Elemental nitrogen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and mostly inert diatomic gas at standard conditions, constituting 78.09% by volume of Earth’s atmosphere. Wikipedia
51. Bush adviser Scowcroft BRENT: Brent Scowcroft KBE is a retired United States Air Force Lieutenant General. He was the United States National Security Advisor under U.S. Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush. Wikipedia
52. It has roots and branches MATH
53. Think tank output IDEA
55. Unable to merely walk past a mirror, say VAIN
56. Brand that once sported a reptile IZOD
57. Flying talker MYNA
59. “Get it, man?” DIG?
60. Slugger’s stat RBI
61. Transfer __ RNA
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