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Crossword puzzle answers: December 21, 2016 – Metro US

Crossword puzzle answers: December 21, 2016

Crossword puzzle answers: December 21, 2016

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ACROSS1 Brass component 5 "10-4" speaker 9 Jeans iron-on 14 Sheik colleague 15 Flight prefix 16 "Tiny Alice" penner 17 Belmont Stakes 18 Clue 19 Reads hastily 20 Make -- scarce 22 They offer arms 24 Count on 26 Long sigh 27 Compares 30 Transfers data 35 In reserve 36 Sloth's hangout 37 Enticement 38 Demented 39 Vistas 42 Financial average 43 Invited 45 Chairperson 46 Martini extra 48 "Braveheart" setting 50 Chased the puck 51 MacGraw of films 52 Cast a vote 54 Mottos 58 Large leaf (2 wds.) 62 Sultan's menage 63 Ellipse 65 Hoedown prop 66 "Tosca," e.g. 67 Solar plexus 68 Eurasian mountains 69 Slalom runs 70 New singles 71 Actor -- Hackman
DOWN 1 Goose egg 2 Somali-born model 3 Congenial 4 Like a blue jay 5 Pumice stone target 6 Complaints 7 Historical period 8 Mounted up 9 Philosopher Blaise -- 10 Germ killer 11 Aspen transport (hyph.) 12 Per -- 13 Dame Myra of the piano 21 Sea eagles 23 Lower-risk 25 Kind of warning 27 Ewe kids 28 Physicist -- Newton 29 Buster 31 Look after the hens 32 Examine the books 33 Flock 34 Basted, perhaps 36 Archie or Jughead 40 -- -link fence 41 Rustic 44 Knickknack stand 47 Pretty beetle 49 Pack animals 50 Pasture entrances 53 -- tectonics 54 Brake pad 55 Drinks like Rover 56 Natural resources 57 Feeling miffed 59 Remove the rind 60 Arkin or Alda 61 Edit out 64 Annoy