Puzzles

Crossword: ''Schoolyard Pranks: Platinum Edition''

Only for the classiest children

By MATT JONES | May 5, 2010

Across
1 Rubbish
4 Rockin' out
10 Plant with fronds
14 "All Things Considered" reporter Shapiro
15 European rocket series
16 One of the deadly sins
17 More formal version of an ear-related prank?
19 All tied up
20 City in Spain's Basque Country
21 Chuck who told viewers he'd "be back in two and two"
23 "Let's Make ___"
24 It may start to show
26 Leather punching tool
27 Like, totally awesome
28 Small farm size
30 Obvious winner
33 Chest-related prank with a more posh color option?
35 Painter Chagall
38 "___ hesitates is lost"
39 Actress Ward
40 Dignified version of a punch-to-the-leg prank?
43 Head female
44 Fortune teller's opener
45 Way to look at things, for short
48 Playboy boss
49 Ending for general or marginal
50 Dog the Bounty Hunter's real first name
52 Early ___ (technology fan, often)
55 Day for egg rolls
56 Hit by The Kinks
57 Version of a punching prank for a more refined palate?
60 "The ___ Love" (R.E.M. song)
61 "A life," to Lemaitre
62 Be delinquent
63 Georgia used to be part of it
64 One of Mars' moons
65 Horror legend Chaney

Down
1 Restaurant with shellfish
2 Food company named for two states
3 Called
4 Fast-moving ball game
5 "Alice's Restaurant" singer Guthrie
6 Dot follower, in some e-mail addresses
7 ___ tai
8 Wonderstruck
9 Fish in a Pixar pic
10 Fail to get any better
11 It gets opened before some speeches
12 Winnebago occupant
13 City far from L.A., CA
18 Ringside org.
22 Pearl City's island
24 Where Van Gogh painted
25 "Shucks"
29 "I'm Your Man" subject Leonard
30 Make some noise in bed
31 Out of commission
32 Federal performance funder, for short
33 Correspondence course for fix-it types, once
34 Items pointed to from afar
35 1900, way before 1900?
36 "Now I get it!"
37 Where rodents enter walls
41 Room at the top?
42 Puts under
45 Walk a beat
46 Combo punch
47 Actor/dancer/singer Ben
49 Title role for Renee Zellweger
51 Org. that puts on shows for the military
52 Multigenerational baseball surname
53 Oxford heads
54 Former Israeli prime minister Olmert
55 Italian basso Pinza
58 Camping gear co.
59 "I really appreciate that," while texting