In The Mix By Michael Demetrus
ACROSS 1. It has orange meat 4. Orange ____ 7. First alphabetical street in San Francisco 13. You can put a carte after it 14. A dirty job? 15. Things to mind 17. “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” band 18. Director (first name) who’s resume should not include “Hulk” 19. Minute military installment 20. Stevie’s doing it “Just enough, just enough…” 22. Bedtime memory material 23. Head-first bike or board crashes 25. Gigante has one, gigantic does not 27. Battle site or crotch site 29. Yin yang religion 32. “____, sing America.” Langston Hughes Poem 33. Tabloid name for the husband of explicit rapper Jones, if she were to wed 35. Electric provider for Ca’s capital 36. Removes cattle from the heard 37. Suffer defeat 40. Enormous yard sale, essentially 42. Ha has 43. It can be kneaded, felt, rubber, or vinyl 44. Director’s comment on what to do with a part 45. Order from an impatient driver 47. Jack who could eat no fat of rhyme. 49. 1997 Heath Ledger TV series 50. In whatever way 53. Like a guitar in the attic 57. ____ pickle 58. A mix of rock and metal 59. 1950’s hot rods, in slang 60. An episode of rage 61. Al Capone and Ice T: abbr. 62. Milk carton stampers 63. High and low card 64. Gov. branch that approves motorcycle helmets DOWN 1. Two-masted boat 2. Jai ____ * 3. Portentous or prodigious 4. Medium at Starbucks 5. Coded speech 6. “Holy shit” txt-style 7. Extremely hoppy beer style born in Eng. 8. MLB’s Boston fanbase
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*A ten year survey of the NY Times found this to be the most common clue and answer pair. I included it as homage. It will be the first and last time I use it.
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