Ravinia 2024 Issue 4

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 Crossword Puzzle by Aimee Lucido ACROSS 1. Mario ____ (video-game series) 5. Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, for 59-Across 10. Not online, to a texter 13. Midwestern origin of the music ensemble Mannheim Steamroller 15. The Typewriter concerto composer Anderson 16. Classical leader? 17. Former Ravinia Music Director whose specialties ( two among many! ) are highlighted by August concerts 19. Book jacket blurb 20. At the original speed, in scores 21. Like the grunge rock movement 23. Fanny Mendelssohn to Felix Mendelssohn 24. Memorize your lyrics the night before a big performance, say 26. Dull sounds 27. Drum, in a pinch 28. Monday Night Countdown cable channel 29. Italian wine region 32. Brewer, e.g., briefly 34. Come to pass 38. Artist that has given more than 2,000 concerts at Ravinia since making the festival its summer home 41. Matches, as watch times 42. Conducting Fellowship program led by Marin Alsop 43. With 57-Down, Hector Berlioz’s term for the recurring theme in Symphonie fantastique 44. Soul singer Redding 46. One-named singer with the 2005 hit “Lonely” 48. Where a bass voice sits, vis-à-vis tenor 50. 1980s band with a ! 51. ___ Mu Alpha (National fraternal society in music) 54. Beyoncé album and film of 2016 56. Checkmate, say 58. “Well, lookee here!” 59. Folk-rock duo performing with Melissa Etheridge on August 11 61. “Unforgettable” singer ___ King Cole 62. Rim shot drum 63. It goes without saying 64. Test for a future PhD 65. The Creation composer 66. Metallica’s “Nothing ____ Matters” DOWN 1. Telly Savalas role 2. Prized violin 3. Instant noodles option 4. Those people 5. ____-mo replay 6. Evening news hr. 7. Singer Parks or Guthrie 8. Henhouse perches 9. Depeche Mode genre 10. Ready to bloom 11. Rider’s handful 12. With 54-Down, most recent 59-Across album 14. “We Are Their Voice” org. 18. Prepping for pie, as apples 22. Start the workday, maybe 25. Divvies up 27. Eli Hudson or Jennifer Gunn instrument 28. “Didn’t Cha Know” singer Badu (who played Ravinia in 2022) 29. Coolers, for short 30. Reserved 31. Foil metal, once 33. NASA counterpart whose scientists were guests at Ravinia’s Breaking Barriers 35. Fish and chips fish, often 36. French article 37. Pastrami on ___ 39. Amaze 40. Operetta set in Japan, with The 45. “Lemme do it!” 47. Final Greek letter 48. Joy of The View 49. Play to the cheap seats 50. “That’s odd …” 51. Danger 52. Saintly rings of light 53. “Hello ___” (Todd Rundgren song) 54. See 12-Down 55. Saving Private Ryan event 57. See 43-Across 60. Lead-in to “X,” “Y,” or “Z” Solution on page 95 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 93