Ravinia 2024 Issue 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 Crossword Puzzle by Aimee Lucido ACROSS 1. Paul who sang with Sam Cooke and Neil Sedaka on the 1963 album 3 Great Guys 5. One of three realms of 36-Across in this grid 10. French possessive 13. Fishing line holder 14. “Death and the ___” (Franz Schubert song and string quartet) 15. Name on Pulp Fiction posters 16. The first Taki Alsop Fellow and conductor of this summer’s 61-Across concert 18. Unit of brightness, for screens like those in the Pavilion and facing the Lawn 19. “Pet” you wouldn’t take to the vet 20. Consume, as a Chicago hot dog 21. One of three realms of 36-Across in this grid 22. Drum kit item with a pedal 24. Prez who gave fireside chats 25. Central American mammal with a prehensile snout 26. Cellist Aznavoorian performing Sept. 12 who attended the Steans Institute in 1998 and 1999 27. Early email provider 29. Suddenly occurs to 31. Rapper born Tracy Marrow 33. ___ of Tranquility (location on Earth’s Moon) 35. Fragrant neckwear 36. Aug. 1 concert commissioned by Ravinia with new songs by the “Blacknificent 7” composers 41. “Give ____ rest!” 42. “Tasty!” 43. Certain sleigh’s parking spot 45. Circle parts 49. Belief suffix 51. CBS forensic franchise 52. “Yippee!” 53. Venomous viper 55. Detest 57. One of three realms of 36-Across in this grid 58. Great Chicago Fire remnant 59. DIY furniture company 60. “And so on” 61. Composer whose 1812 Overture has centered an annual Ravinia tradition since 1980 65. “____ Interwebz” (sarcastic name for online sites) 66. Verdi opera set in Cyprus 67. Ginormous 68. Personal title for the singer/dancer Choco Orta, for short 69. On edge 70. Roughly DOWN 1. Football’s path 2. Grant program affiliated with the Jazz Masters Awards 3. Square scarf 4. Hilo howdy 5. “Do you know the way to ___ Jose?” 6. Enjoyed a trail 7. Composer Künneke 8. Measure of time, in music 9. “I Hope You Dance” singer Lee ___ Womack 10. Daybreaks 11. Baritone Gogorza who taught composer Samuel Barber 12. Gustav Holst’s “Bringer of Old Age” 14. Highwood-based music conservatory program that partners with Ravinia and Reach Teach Play: Abbr. 17. Composer Grier (d. March 17, 2024) who Ravinia commissioned for Songs from Spoon River in 2004 21. More goofy 22. Japanese “yes” that sounds like an English greeting 23. Machu Picchu resident 24. Pest on a pet 25. Adjective to describe some cutesy indie music 28. Award Henry Mancini won for “Moon River” 30. 36-Across singer and 26-Across, to Ravinia Steans Music Institute 32. Largest moon of Gustav Holst’s “Mystic” 34. Whichever 37. Langston Hughes poem with the lines “They send me to eat in the kitchen / When company comes” 38. Witty remark 39. Follow-up to “Straight” in a Thelonious Monk album title 40. Nothing special 44. Tree with needles 45. Get these from the Ravinia Market to cap off your picnic 46. End of Lent 47. West Side Story dance where Maria and Tony meet 48. Places for merit badges 50. Powerful shark 54. Ten Commandments word 56. West Coast Binny’s equivalent 58. Entr’___ 59. When doubled, classic New Orleans song 61. Play date participant 62. “ur the best” 63. Metric meas. 64. NBA great Ming Solution on page 87 Aimee Lucido writes crosswords for the New York Times , the New Yorker , AVCX, and many other publications. She also is the author of several books for kids, including Emmy in the Key of Code , Recipe for Disaster , and Pasta Pasta Lotsa Pasta . aimeelucido.com RAVINIA.ORG  • RAVINIAMAGAZINE 85