Across
1. Single digit
4. The most populous continent
9. “Beyond the __,” song by Bobby Darin
12. Gal __, your best girl friend, or girlfriend
13. Grime, sludge, etc.
16. Theater chain in which Nicole Kidman came “for magic, to laugh, to cry, and to care”
17. Neutral possessive without an apostrophe
18. Pink liquid stomach medicine
21. Writing style used by many scientific journals
23. A cure or treatment
24. Goals, what an archer might do before he shoots
25. An old episode
27. Alternative to a clap
28. Marty of “Back to the Future”
31. The ___, 1972 film by Francis Ford Coppola
36. Kazakh character of Sacha Baron Cohen
37. Thurman of “Pulp Fiction”
38. Small, furry mammals often used for fur clothing
40. Upper-class, often British
41. Acronym for crime-fighting adolescent terrapins
43. What a person might have after falling in the snow
45. Not crazy
46. Baseball gloves
47. Slang term for dry skin
50. Mars, Jupiter, Venus, etc.
52. In a moment
54. To wear away, usually due to weather
55. Russian composer of “The Nutcracker”
59. To __ is human
62. A time, or what Taylor Swift has ten of
63. ___gram, a picture of an ultrasound
64. Foot finger
65. Rand, author of “Atlas Shrugged”
66. “When you __ upon a star”
67. Informal greeting
Down
1. Popular nail polish brand
2. King Cole of “The Christmas Song”
3. Princesses of “Frozen”
7. Purple or pink flowers of the daisy family
8. Question of personal intelligence
9. Uncle __
10. Genre of sad rock with a midwest subgenre
11. What an athlete might tear
14. To arrive or follow
15. Taxi alternative company with a German name
18. South American grasslands
19. Acronym for what a runner might set in their best race
20. Rhythm with displaced beats or accents
22. French chanteuse Édith
26. Legends, fables
27. Mountain beside Vesuvius
29. “All I want for Christmas is my two ____”
30. A love that ___
31. Olivia Rodrigo’s 2023 album
32. Tim__, Australian chocolate biscuit
33. Former streaming service now known only as “Max”
34. Manning, former quarterback of the New York Giants
35. __life, what your RA belongs to
39. Author of the Gospel of Mark, to Catholics
42. Thompson of “Thor: Ragnarok”
44. Informal word referring to the Philippines or Filipinos
48. To pull something up, usually by a rope or pulley
49. Ono, of the Plastic Ono Band
51. Plural article in French
53. “No”, also in French
55. Drink made from leaves and hot water
56. What you might do if you get coal for Christmas
57. Solo, who may or may not have shot Greedo first
58. A solemn promise
60. Salmon eggs
61. “Star Wars” character played by Daisy Ridley
