Puzzles

Crossword: 'Best of the Worst'

Not the finest 2005 had to offer.

By MATT JONES | February 22, 2006

Across
1 "If I Had a Hammer" singer Lopez
6 Goes back and forth
10 Big name in jewelry
13 Eugene Levy bomb among MSNBC.com's "Worst Movies of 2005"
14 Taj Mahal's site
15 Make something up
16 Major ___ (tarot deck division)
17 Singer who married Heidi Klum
18 Org. that renounced violence in 2005
19 VH1 show on the New York Daily News's "Top 10 Worst of 2005"
22 Gp. that's done tours in Iraq
23 Date
24 Emotional obstacle
26 Serious dating, in personal ads
28 "Four Leaf Clover" singer-songwriter Moore
31 What one little piggy had
32 Good place to store your nuts
35 Bridle strap
37 Org. under scrutiny concerning surveillance
38 "Axel F" ringtone character on About.com's "Top 10 Most Annoying Pop Songs of 2005"
41 Weather vane dir.
44 "What's the big ___?"
45 Substance found on unhygienic males
49 Diploma owner
51 Seymour Skinner's love interest, once
53 Zest competitor
54 Pat who passed away in 2005
56 Sesame Street's longest-lasting human character
59 Word in many rappers' names
60 Movie that hit #1 for Worst Actor and Worst Picture in an IMDb 2005 "Worst of" poll
64 Sleepover needs
65 Earth goddess: var.
66 Canadian coin, familiarly
67 "Bali ___" ("South Pacific" song)
68 "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" band
69 Sequel to Christopher Paolini's "Eragon" which Entertainment Weekly named "Worst Book of 2005"
70 Beatrix's portrayer in the "Kill Bill" movies
71 Hunt down
72 Body parts covered by caps and crowns

Down
1 Pushes hard
2 Churchy residence
3 Computer introduced in 1998
4 Grandmas
5 Foolish
6 "___ ME" (words written on dirty cars)
7 "A Death in the Family" author James
8 Some pluck them in panic
9 Pace product
10 Language whose insults include "toDSaH" and "petaQ"
11 Rifles used in Olympic events
12 Supporting vote
13 ___ rasa
20 Tazo, e.g.
21 Comfort ___
25 Princess's problem
27 State capital founded in 1847, for short
29 "Summer of '69" singer Adams
30 Clipping caller
33 Mentalist Geller with ties to Michael Jackson
34 Showed displeasure, maybe
36 ___ de guerre
39 End of a Canadian series
40 Certificate earned by both Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson
41 Late comedian Kinison
42 R&B ballad
43 It stretches from Iberia to Siberia
46 Fishing item banned in international waters by the UN in 1993
47 Old-___ (like a spinster)
48 Ready for everything
50 Space station that crashed to Earth in 2001
52 Vigoda who makes frequent "Conan" appearances
55 Bedsheets, at frat parties
57 Small, wise bird
58 Mathematician who used AND, OR and NOT
61 Brand that may contain bleach
62 Break into the system
63 Took the train
64 Dien Bien ___