By Caroline Ho, Contributor
ACROSS
1. Before gee
4. Au jasmin ou basmati
7. Pleased
11. Synonym
14. Raw mineral
15. Greased
17. Deceit
18. One might say âWelcomeâ
19. âFor __â
20. What âBraunâ is
23. Ham, en français
26. Nemesis
27. Sidewalk part
28. Rep
30. Mercury sulfide
31. Spoken
33. Like a risky situation: Do __
35. Switch position
38. Dolphinsâ home
39. God, in Genoa
40. Equestrian
42. A pop
43. Rope fibre
45. Campfire treat
46. Long. counterpart
47. Morning moisture
49. Untainted
50. A magical sword, for example
52. Deep unhappiness
54. What a sale in the dairy aisle might have
57. Ultra classy
58. Disallow
59. Friar with a razor
63. One of Muhammadâs wives
64. Fury
65. Baleen or beluga
66. Soothsayer
67. Desert-like
68. Seal material
DOWN
1. Quiche component
2. Seasonal ailment
3. âJust letting you know,â briefly
4. Jupiter and Venus, for two
5. Persia, nowadays
6. Greek Z
7. What a NY hockey fan might shout
8. Feudal subjects
9. Warning sound
10. Hold up
12. What pipes in Ancient Rome were made of
13. Rosemary or thyme
16. Classification system for mental health issues
21. Type of serpent
22. Soda brand
23. Actress and singer Andrews
24. Like an excited crowd
27. Bivouac
29. Many a musical chord
32. What might be done into thin air
34. What welfare recipients in the UK receive
35. Reek
36. Passenger vessel
37. Emancipate
41. What one might do to a corrupt politician
44. Road in Ancient Rome
46. Really hate
48. Cleverness
50. Bangkok residents
51. One of the 3 Rs
53. Pack
54. A dance, when doubled
55. Abbr. found in footnotes
56. Canadian artist Emily
60. Crowâs cry
61. In the style of
62. Tex-__
