Puzzle

Crossword Puzzle 9/22 Ben-Her

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Written by Agenda Florida

Across

 

1 Opportunity for Glenn Burke

 

6 Pirates of the Caribbean locales

 

11 Cruising areas

 

15 Michael of Miss Congeniality

 

16 Time on the job

 

17 R.E.M. neck attachment

 

18 Alec Guinness play

 

19 South Pacific kingdom

 

20 Roughly

 

21 With 23-Across, documentary in which Ben-Hur’s gay subtext was revealed, with The

 

23 See 21-Across

 

25 Paul Simon’s “Richard ___”

 

26 Lidded box in Six Feet Under

 

28 Convincing

 

30 Getty of The Golden Girls

 

34 Like a 90-pound weakling

 

35 Move barely

 

38 Hunter that comes out at night

 

39 Poet McKuen

 

40 With 55-Across, Ben-Hur actor unaware of the gay subtext

 

42 Solidly behind

 

43 “___ roll!” (winner’s cry)

 

45 Just for laughs

 

46 Deity on Xena

 

47 Shakespearean sister

 

49 The Queen star Helen

 

51 Brought to an end

 

54 Irene of Fame

 

55 See 40-Across

 

58 Writer of the gay subtext

 

62 It comes out of your head

 

63 Nuts

 

65 St. Teresa’s town

 

66 Maria’s “do” equivalent

 

67 American Idol judge Paula

 

68 Source of gaiety?

 

69 Drops the curtain on

 

70 Like some porn

 

71 Rims

 

 

 

Down

 

1 Current band of the past?

 

2 Actor Diggs

 

3 Kinsey director

 

4 Explanatory tool

 

5 One of the fruits of academic success

 

6 Comparison phrase

 

7 Like a tough guy

 

8 Evans of Dynasty

 

9 Wilde tongue, for short

 

10 Piles of pancakes

 

11 Vehicle for Teletubby Po

 

12 Patty Sheehan’s average scores

 

13 Recess at St. Mary’s?

 

14 “Chim-Chim-Cheree” residue

 

22 Mulholland Drive director David

 

24 Spoil the surprise

 

27 Nose feature

 

28 Former New York governor Mario

 

29 Chases behind

 

31 Interpreting your lover’s kisses?

 

32 Two Women star

 

33 Mireille, whose name rhymes with “penis”

 

34 Nice Nellie

 

36 Suffix with southeast

 

37 Fairy’s cousin

 

40 Menotti’s middle name

 

41 Where Dick Button performed

 

44 Fruity juices

 

46 Came

 

48 Sea off Greece

 

50 Damage severely

 

52 “Great balls of fire!”

 

53 Cushion under your tush

 

55 Leather, essentially

 

56 Genie portrayer Barbara

 

57 It gets spilled at wild parties

 

59 Trust in, with “on”

 

60 Protected, to seamen

 

61 Barrie’s Wendy, e.g.

 

64 Org. for sweaty men in shorts