I made a version of this crossword for a scholarship a couple of years ago, and revised it for publication here as my final crossword in The Record. The theme seems fitting here. Thank you all for a wonderful four years of crosswords; it’s been such a joy to make them.
ACROSS
1.Going-out-of-business event
5. Sch. in Amherst
10. Popular game with virtual people, with “The”
14. Out of the office
15. 0°
16. Letter-shaped fastener
17. Journalistic opener that’s out of place?
19. ___ Mode, character in “The Incredibles”
20. Accompanying
21. Responding to a wedding invitation, for example
23. One attending track meets
27. Smidges
28. Heroine of Jean Auel’s “The Clan of the Cave Bear”
29. Journalistic tip to increase readability?
33. Colleagues
35. Cars that might not do well with speed bumps
36. Spanish she-bear
37. Greeting in Rio
39. Satellite inhabited continuously since 2000: Abbr.
40. Caress … or the recipient of caresses
41. Last step in the newsroom
44. Overjoy
46. Journalistic coverage of apples and oranges?
48. A, in German
49. Beg
50. The first one, sent by Samuel Morse, read “What hath God wrought?”
52. Said “nay”
55. Ship overnight, for example
56. Kuwaiti leader
57. Journalistic medium … or a hint to an addition found three times in this puzzle
62. Mode of transport that might be a stretch?
63. Wine from the Rhone Valley
64. Tiniest bit
65. Rate ___ (is perfect)
66. Manicurist’s board
67. Take a breather
DOWN
1.Khan who founded Khan Academy
2. Wonder
3. Fella
4. Glasses, for example
5. Take out of an overhead bin, say
6. Jackpot
7. Pirate’s exclamation
8. Word after rock or gold
9. Conniving businessperson
10. Parent in a blended family
11. Out of commission
12. Olivia of “The Newsroom”
13. Without a date
18. Financial org. once deemed “too big to fail”
22. Traveling bag
23. J. Cole vs. Kendrick Lamar, for example
24. “I’m on it!”
25. Preschool activity often accompanied with a song
26. Home to the Christ the Redeemer statue, informally
30. Another name for a public feud on X
31. ___ Green, Scottish town famous for runaway weddings
32. Think the world of
34. Like some winter roads
38. Like Kahlil Gibran, ethnically
42. Hinged part of an airplane wing
43. “Am ___ fault?”
45. Shaving target for swimmers
47. Like some winter roads
51. Mind-reading ability, for short
52. Soccer star Carlos
53. Leave out
54. Ending with pseud- or syn-
58. Before, in poetry
59. Author for whom the Baltimore Ravens’ mascot was named
60. Flying saucer pilots
61. Snitch (on)
