Corps of Engineers
by Fred Piscop

Across

1. Scaled back
6. Brat's talk
10. "The Purple Cow" rhyme scheme
14. "Butterfield 8" author John
15. Cocoon's content
16. Repetitive routine
17. Some denims
18. Genesis locale
19. Petri dish filler
20. Ride in a country bar
23. Bring to a halt
24. Seating option
25. Reroute, as traffic
29. Mell Lazarus comic strip
32. Blue-pencil
33. First Lady after Bess
34. PC's "brain"
37. Lightning producer
41. __ Plaines, Ill.
42. Shoot-'em-up
43. On the peak of
44. Fictional champ Apollo __
45. Cause of burnout
47. Back forty's forty
50. Gulped down
51. Fe, for iron
58. Home with hexagonal cells
59. Run __ (go wild)
60. Left Bank locale
62. In a dead heat
63. Regal address
64. Send to seventh heaven
65. Shoulder muscle, for short
66. Had down cold
67. CSA notable

Down

1. Campaign pro

2. "Beg pardon ..."
3. Talk like a psycho
4. Hoss Cartwright's given first name
5. One of Santa's team
6. Act the high roller
7. Car with a four-ring logo
8. On __ (with no guarantee)
9. Yemen's capital
10. Yemen's peninsula
11. Like a $3 bill
12. "Any Time __" (Beatles tune)
13. Early TV's "Uncle Miltie"
21. Carpenter __
22. Glittery fabrics
25. Scout's action
26. Off the job
27. Is in contention
28. "Yada yada yada"
29. Sprayed, or clubbed, in a way
30. General Bradley
31. "Cool" sum of money
33. Dust critter
34. Dove's home
35. Thumbs-up voters
36. Mgr. ejectors, at times
38. Upper bodies
39. Northwest Passage seeker John __
40. Feathers adhesive
44. Dental adhesive
45. Porker's place
46. It's easily lost when short
47. Had a yen
48. Potato skin garnish
49. Party hearty
50. Out of whack
52. Vintner's barrel
53. Despot played by Whitaker
54. Passed-on tales
55. Barn bundle
56. Like much testimony
57. Lo-cal
61. "I told you!"


Copyright © Fred Piscop