NURSERY RHYMES

ACROSS

1. Type of haircut, pl.

5. Tiny helper

8. *What rain does in famous nursery rhyme

12. What accomplices do

13. Ring like a bell

14. Sign of life

15. Lascivious look

16. Pretentiously artistic

17. Tiny island

18. *Bring her back! (2 words)

20. Nicholas II of Russia, e.g.

21. Inmate with life sentence

22. *One for Sorrow (Two for ____)

23. Melville’s “Pequod,” e.g.

26. More fancy

30. Request for tailor

31. Encoded message

34. Land measure

35. Omit

37. *Hush-a-bye, baby. ___ still”

38. Take a base

39. Hokkaido native

40. Veal serving

42. Beehive State native

43. What Cupid did (2 words)

45. *Tip me over!

47. Lt.’s inferior

48. Plant louse

50. “Pay as you earn” tax system

52. *How do your ears wobble? (3 words)

56. Sacha Cohen’s middle name

57. Render speechless

58. Medley

59. Apathetic

60. Not tanned

61. Nearly

62. Bird’s groomer

63. It’s open to interpretation

64. #57 Down, pl.

DOWN

1. It’s soothing

2. Do as directed

3. British Broadcasting Corporation, colloquially

4. Take a leisurely walk

5. Chill-inducing

6. Procrastinator’s word

7. *What the old lady swallowed

8. *She’s been to London to visit the Queen

9. Paella pot

10. ____-friendly

11. Expose to moisture

13. One way to cook fish

14. Mountain climber’s spike

19. Brother’s daughter

22. *Who stole the cookie from the cookie ____?

23. Semolina source

24. Sunny prefix

25. Kind of acid

26. Perceive by touch

27. Frost over (2 words)

28. One of the Muses

29. Find new tenant

32. *What Jack Horner pulled out

33. Not miss

36. *____ of ____, he had ten thousand men

38. Beer garden mug

40. Post-Soviet Union alliance, acr.

41. C2H6, flammable gas

44. With regard to, archaic

46. Software plug-ins

48. Rose oil

49. Young chicken

50. Window glass

51. Geometric calculation

53. Buy and resell

54. Baltic capital

55. Sounds of amazement

56. Baby’s apron

57. Self-care resort