ACROSS

1 Sorta                

4 Big ___               

8 Country that eliminated the US in both the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups          

13 Not bare-hoofed              

15 Stare at              

16 Feature on a weather map              

17 Dialect primarily spoken by Black Americans, in short              

18 Disturb              

19 Shake an Etch-A-Sketch, maybe              

20 Strongly disinclined              

22 Lord of the ___ (book whose play adaptation was performed at Hart House Theatre last November)

24 *Prominent set piece in The Phantom of the Opera              

25 *Classic British pub fare              

29 ___-Cat (ski resort vehicle)              

30 Opposite of NNW              

31 Punchline of a type of painfully unfunny joke popular in the 2000s

32 Worms, maybe              

34 Waikiki’s island              

36 More than one              

37 Economic metaphor coined by Adam Smith… or a literal hint to the starred clues

40 First word of many fairy tales              

41 Pretend to be              

42 Father of Phobos and Deimos              

43 Groaning noise              

44 Sound from a little dog              

45 De Armas who played Marilyn Monroe in Blonde (2022)              

46 *Fierce way to fight (sans h)           

49 *Not certain, as an outcome (sans h)         

53 Fashion sense              

54 ___ gems (unique, underrated spots)              

55 Comedian Silverman              

58 Word after tall or tell              

60 Cupid for Romans,  ___ for Greeks              

61 Cherish              

62 “Dear ___ Hansen” (2017 Tony-winning musical)              

63 Biked, scootered, or took the train              

64 Reason-based belief in God              

65 Weightlifting units, familiarly              

66 Became acquainted with              

 

DOWN

1 Foundation author Asimov              

2 Not participate in Movember, maybe              

3 Squalid dwelling              

4 Man with a red flag?              

5 Anton ___, food critic in Ratatouille              

6 Dangerous feature on a ski slope              

7 Ridiculously              

8 45-Down’s country              

9 Strict, like a TA marking your exam              

10 Scientist Lovelace known for her work on the Analytical Engine, an early computing device

11 Illmatic rapper              

12 Word sometimes shortened to its middle letter              

14 Belittling              

21 Tanzanian unit of currency              

23 The Varsity has a new one every week              

26 Silly              

27 Scummy spots?              

28 What Charlotte lives above in Charlotte’s Web              

32 “You got it!”              

33 Dried version of the almost-ripe poblano              

34 Engine part              

35 Former league of the Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, and San Antonio Spurs, briefly

36 Roamer and raider              

38 Apply, as sunscreen, perfume, or a temporary tan              

39 Capital of Vietnam              

40 Passé              

44 “OK Blue Jays,” for the Blue Jays, for example              

45 Site of the 2004 Olympics              

47 Pre-1917 rulers              

48 Make an exit              

50 Obsolescent kind of drive              

51 Highlight of a rock collection              

52 Beginning              

55 Apt abbreviation for wintertime depression              

56 Suffix with lemon or lime              

57 Louis XIV, par exemple              

59 Unit on a track or in a pool              

 

 

 

 

 

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