| ACROSS 1. A type of sandwich spread, familiarly 5. Sports field judges 9. Buddy 12. Screen___ (program running on an idle computer) 13. ___ breve (cut time) 14. Located at the highest point 16. Got up 17. 12 p.m. 18. Prefix meaning “sound” 19. City where the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade runs through Times Square 21. Measure once more 23. “That,” in Spanish 24. Big percussion instrument on the field (2 words) 25. Throw, like a baton or flag 28. Spelling competition 30. John Philip Sousa, aka “___ March King” 31. Gator___, a drink name 32. Bell noises 34. Figure with a harp and halo 38. Fife and drum group 40. Adapt a song for a band 42. Constellation also called “The Hunter” 43. Misbehave (2 words) 45. “A long time ___…” 46. Do some massaging 48. School that’s home to the Pride of Mississippi Marching Band (abbr.) 49. The Terrible ___ (toddler’s stage) 50. Sport with a halftime break 54. Rowboat paddle 56. Texas university city where The Big Purple Marching Band plays 57. Florida city where the Citrus Parade runs down Orange Avenue and up Rosalind Avenue 61. In ___ land (daydreaming, 2 wds.) 62. Verify to be true 64. Stay away from 65. End-of-sermon word 66. Seahawks wide receiver Burleson 67. Winnie the Pooh creator A.A. 68. Use the plus key 69. Curved formations 70. Capitol of Norway |
DOWN 1. Female horse 2. Declare with assurance 3. Enthusiastic agreement (2 wds.) 4. Cookies introduced in 1912 5. ___ and file 6. “Hold on Tight” band of the 1970s, for short 7. ___ and fauna 8. Least likely to go crazy 9. California city where the Tournament of Roses Rose Parade runs down Colorado Boulevard 10. Take ___ (do some sightseeing) (2 words) 11. The first vowel sound in “tuba” (2 words) 12. ___ Francisco 49ers 15. Haiku, for example 20. Actor Williams of “August Rush” 22. The enharmonic note of A flat (2 words) 24. “I ___ your pardon?” 25. Food eaten in a shell 26. Smell 27. Prefix for “quaver” to denote a sixteenth note 29. One-named Irish singer with the album “Shepherd Moons” 32. Johann Strauss waltz “The Blue ___” 33. Some high school tests 35. Chew, like a dog with a bone 36. Toaster waffle brand 37. Some with summer horoscope signs 39. Oregon city where the Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade runs past Burnside Street and MLK Jr. Boulevard 41. Something not nice to spread around about others 44. ___-de-sac (dead-end street) 47. Fruit in an ice cream split 49. Blink-182 drummer Barker 50. Franklin Roosevelt’s dog, or two notes a major third apart 51. 2008 presidential hopeful Barack 52. Did a trumpet valve task 53. “Reading Rainbow” host Burton 55. San Antonio landmark, with “The” 57. Rocks where minerals are extracted 58. Former Steelers coach Chuck 59. Fred Flintstone’s pet 60. Beethoven’s “___ to Joy” 63. Abbr. meaning “and so forth” |
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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.
