Kirby Pines Retirement Community | The Pinecone

The Pinecone | September 2021 • 17 • PUZZLE CHALLENGE | Giant Crossword ACROSS 1. Unites 5. Used money 10. Scat! 14. Tehran's land 15. Tennessee ____ Ford 16. Chime 17. Vocalist ____ Turner 18. Worsen 20. Rumor 22. Trinidad music 23. Illuminated 24. Fix 25. CIA employee (abbr.) 28. Musician ____ McEntire 30. Taunts 35. Peruse 37. Pharmacy item 39. Splash 40. Small bay 42. Nest egg letters 43. Trunk 44. Scent 45. Thaw 47. Small rip 48. Madrid matron 50. Corn units 52. Bread choice 53. Shore bird 55. GI's hangout 57. Eyelash makeup 61. Free from germs 65. Lab test 67. Wealthy 68. ____ vera 69. Ease up 70. Locale 71. Court dividers 72. Certain parasite 73. Mister (Ger.) DOWN 1. "Gone ____ the Wind" 2. Pennsylvania city 3. Comic ____ Carvey 4. Growl 5. Tranquilized 6. Hunted animal 7. Manchester's country (abbr.) 8. Brother's daughter 9. Renter 10. Peppy 11. Mound 12. Stable morsels 13. Bread spread 19. Firstborn 21. Man's title 24. Actress ____ Stapleton (see photo for hint) 25. Operatic melodies 26. Sort 27. Falcon's claw 29. Cup's edge 31. Much (2 wds.) 32. More painful 33. Writing assignment 34. Beach 36. Floor model 38. Festive event 41. Deposit on teeth 46. Board member 49. In the sky 51. Compass reading (abbr.) 54. Stallone character 56. Actress ____ Winfrey 57. Unkind 58. Car part 59. Blemish 60. Mediocre grades 61. Picnic intruders 62. Become weary 63. Bakery employee 64. Burn slightly 66. Water, to Jacques Puzzle Solutions - page 23