Crossword: ''For the bards''

Fry, fry my pretties!

January 2, 2008 12:15:06 PM

Across
1 Dullsville
6 Sticks in an overhead compartment
11 Buddy
14 Wine quality
15 City whose name means "Eastern capital"
16 A in Argentina
17 SNL alumnus who swoops to catch prey?
19 Blasting stuff
20 Plastic suffix
21 Tiny opening
22 Tag shout
24 Alt-rocker who coos to her fans?
27 Lauren punched out in an episode of "The Sopranos"
30 Befuddled
31 In unison
32 Diplomatic skill
34 High roller
37 2008 Democratic presidential hopeful whose chances may be extinct?
41 "In ___ Shoes" (Cameron Diaz movie)
42 Madonna's "___ the Groove"
43 Miniscule amounts
44 Kalamata, e.g.
47 College credit source
48 Fox News political analyst with her head in the sand?
52 Hill of a D.C. scandal
53 "___ longer denies all the failures of the modern man" (Joy Division lyric)
54 Body part near the "nariz"
57 They hand out awards nicknamed "Moon Men"
58 Clinton cabinet member whose nest eggs are blue?
62 "Sprechen ___ Englisch?"
63 "A Mighty Wind" actress
64 Stay on the same topic too long
65 Gore and Green
66 Restroom door sign
67 In a sneaky way

Down
1 1980s NFL kicker Ali ___-Sheikh
2 Former Starbucks CEO Smith
3 "Sorry!" space
4 "Lemme think for a moment..."
5 Erections with ribbons wrapped around them
6 Shortest Beatle
7 Available for rent
8 Home of Will Rogers World Airport, for short
9 Casper's st.
10 Bono and Corleone
11 Selected by committee, perhaps
12 Yearly celebration: abbr.
13 Drink that lets baristas create "foam art"
18 ___ tip
23 "___ to My Socks" (Pablo Neruda poem)
24 Jay-Z hit "___ Get A..."
25 Corn Nuts flavoring
26 Major follower?
27 Composer in a "Switched-On" record series
28 Arthur of court history
29 Damaging substances
32 Makes firm
33 Fitting
35 Writer Tarbell and actress Lupino
36 After, before words
38 DVR with a "Green Screen of Death" message
39 Skydivers' necessities
40 "The lady ___ protest too much, methinks"
45 Long. crosser
46 Consecutively
47 "___ it the truth?"
48 Kafka character Gregor ___
49 Before
50 When doubled, a phrase of solace
51 Played shows during the Writers' Guild Strike
54 Follow the rules
55 "Hate on Me" singer Scott
56 Part of CD-ROM
59 "I'm onto you!"
60 Skater Brandon Margera's nickname
61 X, in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe