Ravinia 2024 Issue 6

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 Crossword Puzzle by Aimee Lucido ACROSS 1. “The ___ and the Pussy-Cat” (Edward Lear poem that Stravinsky based his final composition on) 4. Exam 8. “Piano Man” artist Billy 12. “Pink Pony Club” artist Chappell 14. Many early PCs 15. Get a sense of 16. Opening track of Jason Isbell’s Southeastern album 18. Pianist/Composer _____ Rubinstein who taught Tchaikovsky 19. Radio station, e.g. 20. Cash alternative 21. Acts the snitch 23. Worker’s effort 26. Equi- 27. “Who ____ kidding?” 28. Scout’s mission, in brief 29. Music genre for David Guetta and Calvin Harris 30. Bandleader Tito, a.k.a. “King of Latin Music” 33. Potato prep utensil 35. Chicago pianist who was Artistic Director of Jazz at Ravinia 1993–2018 38. Of utmost importance 39. Barely made a sound 42. Intelligence collector 44. It gives you a leg up 46. Cries of disgust 47. “Take On Me” band 48. “Vissi d’arte” opera 49. “Who’s the cat that won’t cop out when there’s danger all about?” 51. Aaron who created The West Wing 53. Question for Annie in Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” 55. 35-Across hit “Wade in the ___” 56. Grammy-winning album by Julieta Venegas 60. 1987 number-one Heart song that starts “I hear the ticking of the clock” 61. Gucci Mane genre of rap 62. A horn, essentially 63. Tax form IDs 64. Outdoor abodes 65. Little green veggie DOWN 1. Tolkien menace 2. Abbreviation for catalogued works that do not have an Opus number 3. Piece of equipment for many singers 4. Magazine whose cover the Joffrey Ballet was the first dance company to appear on 5. “Over the Rainbow” vocalist Ray 6. Home of the NCAA’s Mustangs 7. Cookbook meas. 8. Dame Glover, music director of Music of the Baroque 9. Surpassed 10. Selfishness 11. Number-one track from Julieta Venegas’s Sí album 13. Crowded House songwriter and frontman Finn 15. Teri of Tootsie 17. Monopoly quartet: Abbr. 20. ___ album ( Tommy , for one) 21. Dance like Savion Glover 22. Flightless bird 24. Material for many guitar picks 25. More than simmer 28. Has as a base 29. Shallowest Great Lake 31. “In the ___” (Village People song) 32. “OMG, spare me!” 34. Female in a flock 36. Has a meal 37. Doesn’t remain silent 40. Elemental jazz-funk band, for short 41. Summer hrs. 42. Muscle ______ (Alabama city that’s home to two legendary recording studios) 43. “Travelin’ Thru” singer Dolly 45. Nonprofessional 47. ____ the custom (traditionally) 48. Lose steam 49. 35-Across hit “___ Goddess,” featuring 40-Down 50. Folk singer Axton 52. Singers of an Academy Award-nominated song from Barbie 54. “___! … I Did It Again” (Britney Spears album and hit song) 56. Public Image ___ (Post-punk band formed by Johnny Rotten of Sex Pistols) 57. Wrath 58. Prez fêted by Ravinia commissions A Proclamation of Hope by 35-Across and Fondly Do We Hope… Fervently Do We Pray by Bill T. Jones 59. Michele who replaced Beanie Feldstein in Funny Girl 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 RAVINIAMAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 2 – SEPTEMBER 15, 2024 22