AO Weekly Crossword: Beginnings and endings Caroline Ho Contributor ACROSS 1. Disagreement 5. Cleveland NBAers, for short 8. Pile 12. Fully committed 14. Hubbub 15.__ Mater 16. Exposed, in a way 18. Kind of wax 20. “Digital” toys? 22. “Quod __ demonstrandum” 23. Pitch 24. Despicable Me (2010) protagonist 27. Not near 29. Obtain 31. Many November babies 33. Offline, for short 34. Bruins great Bobby 35. Wear away 36. Prefix for “trust” or “matter” 37. Inexperienced folk, in slang 40. Citric, e.g. 41. Property claims 43. Tolkien creature 44. AKA Thomas Anderson 45. Aim 47. “__ favor” 48. Mme. overseas 4g. Letters after an elite athlete’s name 50. Really tiny 52. A Hawaiian island 54. Seabird native to the North Pacific 59. Money matters 62. Pour out 63. Hard work 64. First responder, for short 65. Gives the axe to 66. Posh 67. Caustic solution 68. Muscovite denial DOWN 1. Corp. money manager 1. Someone not to mess with, for short 2. The Time Machine race 3. Entrepreneur Musk 4. Potato variety 5. Post-secondary inst. in North Van 6. Get used (to) 7. ___ sword 8. Part of an axe g. Legolas, for one 10. Pal, in Paris un. Skillet 13. ___-do-well 17. Smaug, for one 1g. Eagle nest 21. Prefix meaning “wing” 24. Merchant 25. AM/FM devices 26. Not new 27. Ornamental topper 28. Blood vessel 30. Military unit 32. Breakfast option, perhaps 36. Vocal range 38. Dwell on 39. Minor wound 42. Attach a button 34. Male falcon 51. Foe 53. Breathe heavily 54. Healthy 55. Italian noble house 56. Rage 57. “Understood.” 58. Tree house? 59. Super-high-speed abbr. 60. Debt letters 61. Veto S o) 7] wa >) = o) C7 7 a) o) ee] ma v o ae