Crossword
THE 1950s
May 5, 2022
ACROSS
1. a.k.a. vampire
6. Asian cuisine pan
9. Type of tide
13. Make more attractive
14. Lawyers' grp.
15. China grass
16. *"West Side Story's" Tony and ____
17. Mourner's acronym
18. Utilizing
19. *a.k.a. "The King"
21. *Kitschy art movement begun in '50s (2 words)
23. Mortar carrier
24. Back of the neck
25. *Kelly or Chanel 2.55, e.g.
28. Hurtful remark
30. "____ Margery Daw," nursery rhyme
35. Paper unit
37. Duds
39. Eurasian antelope
40. Guesstimate phrase (2 words)
41. Unaccompanied
43. Disgust with sweetness excess
44. Brandish
46. Track competition, e.g.
47. Frustrated driver's recourse
48. Legendary King of Pylos
50. Tsar, tzar or ____
52. Greek letters on campus
53. Deprivation
55. Greek R
57. *"A Streetcar Named Desire" star
60. *Popular type of 1950s restaurant
64. Pro athletes' move
65. Sea in Spain
67. Narcotics agent
68. Stringed instrument of India
69. Brewpub offering
70. Shakespearean "ergo"
71. *Gwendolyn Brooks' "Annie Allen" entry, e.g.
72. *Doris of "Que Sera, Sera" fame
73. Disinfectant brand
DOWN
1. Statue of Liberty: "I lift my ____ beside the golden door"
2. Sixth month of civil year
3. Encore!
4. *Like Maureen O'Hara and Samuel Beckett
5. Not digital
6. On one's guard
7. ____-Wan of "Star Wars"
8. Fraternity K
9. *Space program established in 1958
10. Arabian chieftain
11. Are not
12. Margaret, for short
15. Raja's money, pl.
20. Changes to a manuscript
22. Military moves
24. Fail to care
25. *_____ v. Board of Education
26. Eagle's nest
27. Kr and Xe on the periodic table, e.g.
29. *Postwar prosperity
31. Per person
32. Farm structures
33. Ancient market
34. *"Rio Grande" and "Rio Bravo" star
36. Lose skin
38. *Egypt's disputed canal
42. Sir Richard Starkey of the Beatles
45. Like certain Debbie
49. Unit of absorbed radiation
51. Relating to nose
54. Frances McDormand's Oscar-winning 2020 role
56. Estrogen producer
57. Spiritedness
58. Equal to distance divided by time
59. Actor Driver
60. Squirrel's nest
61. Units of work
62. International Civil Aviation Org.
63. Hall of Fame Steelers coach
64. Cooking meas.
66. Fla. neighbor
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