End Note

A challenge for your next road trip, packed with locals-only clues.

by RACHEL SIMON

ACROSS

1. Fame actress Irene 5. Wound mementos 10. Cary’s ___ Booth Amphitheatre 14. North Hills joint with fancy ice 15. Heads into Falls Lake, say 16. Explore at Umstead, for example 17. ___ Kong 18. Flip _ ___ (leave it up to chance) 19. Justice League actor Miller 20. Walter Royal’s famous steakhouse 22. A sense activated by the NC State Fair 23. Put back to zero 24. Outfit you might buy at Lamb’s Ear 26. INFO you’d hear on 88.1 27. Entered gradually 29. Act that might elicit a “TMI!” 32. Muffin found at Morning Times 34. Dorothea ___ Park 35. Acorn ___, our New Year’s bash 36. Last name in Triangle music, architecture and art 39. Pay too little attention to 41. Put a fancy coat on 42. Plural suffix for book or cook 44. Graham and Curry, for short 45. “Good” cholesterol letters 46. Most idiotic 48. Notable time period 51. Houston ballplayers 52. Olympic speedskater Henning and singer-songwriter Niver (both Raleigh natives!) 54. French bistro on N. Person Street 57. Eclectic music festival led by Nathan Price 59. Fuzzy Star Wars creature 60. A copy of work you’d find at the NCMA, informally 61. Took a tumble 62. Mosaic piece 63. “Have a bite!” 64. Famous canal 65. Mandolin chef and owner Fowler 66. Bird creations in Shelley Lake trees 67. Honor for Michael Phelps or Serena Williams

DOWN

1. D-flat’s equivalent 2. Does penance 3. Seems familiar 4. Go before a judge at the Wake County Courthouse 5. Clean, as decks 6. Tropical trees that produce Videri ingredients 7. Decorated, ornamented 8. Kept at bay 9. Oft-stolen info 10. Krispy ___ Challenge 11. Exude, like charm 12. Capitalism critic Marx 13. ___ Clooney, George’s lawyer wife 21. Take what’s not yours 22. Sloth or greed 25. Philly hoopsters 28. Make holy with oil 29. People giving out awards 30. Staffer at WakeMed, for short 31. Type of bldg. being constructed in Midtown 33 ___ Hat Amphitheater 35. 555, in ancient Rome 36. Letters after E 37. Clear or purge 38. Close by 40. Receive an average grade at UNC 43. North Carolina hot dog chain 46. Suffix for treat or expert 47. Sparkle and wit 49. Put a hair accessory in again 50. Christensen of Poole’s 51. American Idol’s Clay 53. Like some credit cards 54. Team that plays the Panthers 55. Injury, to a toddler 56. It’s her Beach Bar, in Five Points 58. Boozers 60. Statement to the I.R.S.