Beach Reads: Puzzles #290

CROSSWORD: PARTING WORDS

By Greta Shope

ACROSS 1 Nodded to, perhaps 5 Yurl's love in 'Doctor Zhivago' 9 Corn cores 13 Amazonian berry 14 Sherlock's sister 16 Tons 17 Lip 18 Before, in Barcelona 19 'Stormy Weather' star Horne 20 Not gas-powered 22 see 51-Across* 24 Clair de ______, third movement of 'Suite Bergamasque' 25 Addams Family actress Neuwirth 26 Diamond measurements 29 Wide-angle shot 33 What a Frenchman might bid you* 34 Start the pot on poker night 35 LOTR's McKellan 36 Soothing substance 37 Garments worn for pier walk 39 Lily pad locale 40 Machine learning that Meta and Google strive for 41 Mexican beers, for short 42 Courage 43 What a St. Andrews student might say after exams, or an aggressive synonym for the starred clues** 45 adjacent/hypotenuse that might be solved for in trig 46 Chances 47 Olivia Rodrigo's sophomore release 48 Task you might need a handyman for 51 Along with 22-Across, song where the Von Trapps part 55 V minus II 56 Leavening agent 58 Norse god of wisdom 59 Assent in Anatolia 60 Cypriot capital 61 Common starchy staple 62 Marlin finds him 63 Depend (on) 64 Bambi, or Rudolph

DOWN 1 "In this _____” 2 Berkley and Santa Barbara school sys. 3 Lack of difficulty 4 Renounce, like a title or deed 5 Digests information Poet Fields, who later 'Boston-married' Orne Jewett 7 Mil. training for teens 8 Alcohol stored in a cask 9 One with a handset 10 Butter alternative 11 City on the Rhine 12 Male 64-Across 15 Yeses 21 Part of a ballet costume 23 Classical woodwind 25 Church of England wedding announcements (and common spelling bee fodder!) 26 Political clique 27 Common maxim 28 Used again, like a candle 29 Swat, as a cat might 30 Mayonnaise kin 31 Massenet opera in 5 parts 32 “The Punisher” Agassi 37 “______ Stranger” (Supertramp hit) 38 Duty 39 It might require a special character 41 Try again 42 Cast a ballot 44 Cocktail with mint and tequila 45 Greet, as one might to the Queen 47 Pau with two NBA championships 48 Creatures hooked by yoke 49 Dig (into) 50 Carpe ____ 51 Train ticket cost 52 Carmela's 'Sopranos' actress 53 Mites 54 Train you might take to London 57 Cont. with 11-Down

SUDOKU

By Alex Le Sage

WORD SEARCH

By Iris Hubbard

BALGOVE	CASTLE	DUNNY
GOLF	HIGHLANDS	JANETTAS
MAY DIP	OLD COURSE	PICNIC
PITTENWEEM	RUINS	SEAGULLS
SUNSET	TOASTY SHACK	WEST SANDS

SPELLING BEE

By Alex Le Sage

Nice - 63

Great - 101

Amazing - 126

Genius - 176

Perfect! - 251

ANAGRAMS: SUMMER DESTINATIONS

By Alex Le Sage

NOLEBARCA

TRINASION

SONKOMY

ILAB

ZIBAI

MAFILA

NOBLIS

UAMI

NACCUN

AROSICC

JOMARCA

HITITA

SLAMVIDE

FEENITER

PARCI

CONNECTIONS

By Alex Le Sage

Trip	Bridge	Skeleton	Trouble
Dream	Care	Fret	Neck
Strings	Frame	Shell	Body
Worry	Pegs	After Tomorrow	Mind