Flights of Fancy

By Hannah Lui 

Across 

1. Most courageous

8. Unwilling to hear, as criticism

14. Customize for

15. Gandhi who served as India’s Prime Minister

16. Normal

17. Not fit for polite company

18. Deprive (of)

19. Big Brother org.

20. “That’s gotta hurt” 

21. ___ the cows come home

22. Fitzgerald known as “The First Lady of Song”

24. Give the boot

26. “Rule, Britannia” composer

27. Winter vehicles that go downhill fast

29. Black church letters

30. Releases

31. Divining decks

33. Higher-ups

35. Harley Quinn’s lover

37. Like some wide grins

40. Word before or after state

44. Suffered, in a way

45. Humanities degs.

47. Calm down 

48. Verifiable

49. Boston team, to fans

51. Former frosh

52. Soft toss

53. Subway unit

54. Some colas

56. Letters for a sold-out show

57. Equivalent

59. Arboriculturist

61. They Cloned ____ (2023)

62. One with a vision

63. Raise in relief

64. Made over

Down

1. Name on a box of penne, maybe

2. Paul Dano villain, with “the”

3. Aladdin prince

4. Skiing champ Lindsey

5. Wipe, as data

6. App where users can give “kudos” to athletic achievements

7. Fiddle (with)

8. Small depression

9. Plenty, informally

10. Org. with a hate symbols database

11. Life metaphor for the narrator of Plath’s The Bell Jar

12. Sneaker, to Brits

13. Like an ill-equipped rowboat

14. One way to put things?

20. Poseidon’s domain

23. Rescue dog, e.g.

25. Wicked

26. Some sweaters with diamonds

28. Rose

30. Prefer

32. “Sprechen ___ Deutsch?”

34. Chill in the air

36. Foil alternative

37. Have dinner at midnight, say

38. SCUBA or LASER, technically

39. Pink-stalked vegetable often used in desserts

41. “My temper got the best of me”

42. Three-ingredient Italian salad

43. Urge

46. Paced ahead

49. Zoo enclosures

50. Word before driver or ball

53. Pros’ partners

55. Cauterize

58. John of England

59. Christmas tree option

60. ___-mo