Crossword: Inside Information

An original crossword puzzle by Nathan Hasegawa ’25.

Across

1 Space race loser – USSR
5 Immediately – ASAP
9 See 55-Down – TEA
12 Red light instruction – STOP
13 Popular Girl Scout cookie – SAMOA
15 Executed, as aprogram – RAN
16 One using good-smelling oils as alternative medicine – AROMATHERAPIST
19 Kind of punch or check – GUT
20 Kind of “Shark Tank” offer – LOAN
21 Starts of binary trees – ROOTS
22 Lucy’s landlady in “I Love Lucy” – ETHEL
24 Speaks hoarsely – RASPS
26 Expensive camera type – SLR
27 “Honest” president – ABE
28 Website for film geeks – IMDB
32 Business casual staple – KHAKIS
35 Lambast – LECTURE
37 Legendary M.L.B. team, on scoreboards – NYY
38 Minimalistic programming language – SCHEME
40 Syncopated jazz style – RAG
41 Tennis after 1968 – OPENERA
43 Has a tantrum – ERUPTS
45 “Desperate Housewives” actress Hatcher – TERI
46 Sounds heard during meditation – OMS
48 Sound of relaxation – AAH
49 Urgent care worker, briefly – ERDOC
51 Football coach Urban – MEYER
54 Analog computers? – ABACI
57 Seaweed that often wraps sushi – NORI
59 ___-mo – SLO
60 Keystone of the Harvey Mudd education… or a hint to the circled squares? – CORECURRICULUM
63 Computer company with two Nobel laureates in physics – IBM
64 Thus far – ASYET
65 Zero – NADA
66 Its length changes throughout the year – DAY
67 Let go of – CEDE
68 “Night at the Museum” actor Wilson – OWEN

Down

1 Electric meter measurement – USAGE
2 Compression-resistant brace – STRUT
3 Prophet – SOOTHSAYER
4 Tachometer measurement: Abbr. – RPM
5 Regarding – ASTO
6 World’s largest desert – SAHARA
7 Receptive to feedback – AMENABLE
8 “¿___ que?” – POR
9 The Jonas Brothers, e.g. – TRIO
10 Oldest Harvey Mudd dorm – EAST
11 Ones following marching orders? – ANTS
14 Grp. with senior editors – AARP
17 Command in the court – ALLRISE
18 Postulate – POSIT
23 Large deer relative – ELK
25 Ominous phrase to hear from a boss – SEEME
29 Pessimistic postulate – MURPHYSLAW
30 “Aw, shucks!” – DRAT
31 Pleads – BEGS
32 Cub scout creation – KNOT
33 Promote, with “up” – HYPE
34 New England fish dish – SCROD
36 Like a porcelain item – CERAMIC
39 Sandwich often served with mustard – HAMONRYE
42 Brother’s daughter – NIECE
44 Land with the world’s tallest building and the world’s deepest swimming pool: Abbr. – UAE
47 Wasn’t pointless? – SCORED
50 Costa ___ – RICA
52 Dodge – ELUDE
53 Like L and XL, but not XXL – ROMAN
54 It might cover all the bases – ACID
55 With 9-Across, tapioca drink offered at many Harvey Mudd events – BOBA
56 Subject of “Risk” management? – ARMY
58 Bat mitzvah, e.g. – RITE
61 The Trojans of the NCAA – USC
62 Wild card game? – UNO