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Crossword puzzle by Matt Jones Posted March 2012

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ACROSS
1. “___ little teapot ...” (2 words) 4. Policemen 8. Italian automobiles 13. Bread at an Indian restaurant 14. Tortoise’s fabled opponent 15. Bruce Wayne’s butler 17. Where musicians may start to feel feverish? (3 words) 19. Italian Winter Olympics city, to the Italians 20. It’s said while raising your glass in a toast 21. Dallas NBAer, for short 22. Body part in “The Lion and the Mouse” 23. With skill 24. What a doctor would need to write completely for permission? (2 words) 27. Michigan’s ___ Canals 28. ___ Ed (class that incorporates sports (abbrev.) 29. Sing from the mountaintops 30. Suffix after iso- 32. Coffee cup edge 33. Go bad 34. The important parts of permission slips from your doctor, for authentication? (2 words) 39. Freddy’s street 40. Drink cooler 41. They used to be married 43. Alphabetical five-some 46. Takes advantage of 47. Post- opposite 48. What the doctor schedules for part of your day? (2 words) 50. Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist 51. Abbreviation at an airport terminal 52. “___-Man Fever (1980s hit) 53. Honeydew and cantaloupe, for instance 55. “In this current state ...” (3 words) 57. Non-synthetic vitamin complex to help you get better? (2 words) 59. Stately dance lending its name to a Fauré work 60. Musical finale 61. End of most university web sites 62. Salad-grabbing tool 63. Console that included Super Mario World, for short 64. Coffee size (abbrev.)
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DOWN
1. Healing from broken bones, perhaps (3 words) 2. Algebra text, for example (2 words) 3. Deer partner, in “Home on the Range” 4. “Believe” singer 5. Granola ingredient 6. Paid athlete 7. Back-to-school month (abbrev.) 8. Deadly 9. Valentine’s Day sentiment (3 words) 10. Continent where the banjo originated (abbrev.) 11. Camera stand 12. Capitol Hill gang 16. Wooden rod 18. “Over here!” 21. Rapper ___ Def 24. William Henry Harrison’s political party 25. Writer of church music, perhaps 26. ___ Dame (home of the Fighting Irish) 28. Prudish 31. “___ the Tiger (“Rocky” song) (2 words) 33. Rural roads (abbrev.) 35. Drinking soup in a not-so-quiet way 36. Cards with one spot 37. Dora, for one 38. Sing to someone on the second floor, for instance 42. Colorful but slimy-sounding underwater gastropod (2 words) 43. In ___ (piled up) (2 words) 44. Nags (2 words) 45. Pop-classical singing quartet formed by Simon Cowell (2 words) 46. California’s home of the Trojans (abbrev.) 49. Simplifies 50. Cause of some aches 53. Created 54. Greek vowels that look like an H 56. Skip the bronzer 57. ___ National Championship Game (college football playoff game) 58. Restaurant seating alternative to “smoking,” before smoking bans |
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About the Author
Matt Jones is a 1998 graduate of Willamette University in Salem, Ore., where he majored in music education. Since 1994, he has also written crosswords for venues such as The New York Times, Games Magazine and Stagebill. He currently writes a syndicated weekly puzzle for more than 50 alternative newspapers across the country.
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