RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH TAYLOR SWIFT

erik agard

1 2 3 4 5 6 ACROSS 1. It's no coincidence that 2014 13 14 rhymes with ___ 5. "___: A Puzzling 16 17 Adventure" (Patrick Merrell book 19 20 recently funded by Kickstarter) 8. "An Essay ___" (Alexander Pope 22 23 poem originally published anonymously) 25 26 27 13. "Check Yes ___" (George Strait classic) 32 14. Tatyana of "Second Generation 35 36 37 Wayans" 15. [insert genre here] music, 39 40 according to people who don't like [insert genre here] music 41 42 16. ___ rage 17. Network that aired CFL games 47 before TSN 49 50 51 52 18. Goof 19. "___ High" (webseries about a 56 57 secret agent who goes to high school - get it? high? like high 59 60 school?) 20. Yes, 2014 was a rough year, but 62 63 now's your chance to ___ 22. Whence dandruff © 2014-2015 24. Letters for Kelly Ayotte, a conservative senator from 63. Puzzlemaking legend who played Nashua in the band Hip Tanaka: Abbr. 25. Beak-wetting bailiwicks 64. Just remember - you can make 28. Abbrev.-y cousin of "yada yada" resolutions on any day of the 32. They're often found in balls year, so when writing your list, 34. Something you might get into, make sure to leave plenty of ___ especially if you're a nun? DOWN 35. At midnight tonight, you can officially turn your ___ 1. Quagmire 39. With 6-Down, actor also known 2. 1949 Beethoven biopic as DJ Big Driis 3. Drummer in Dr. Teeth's band 40. Author of "The Cock and the 4. Subtle acknowledgment Jewel" (note: not a pejazzling 5. Actor Braff or Galifianakis instruction manual) 6. See 39-Across 41. Like a four square ball 7. Comb with a fist, perhaps 43. Publicize 8. Baby, so to speak 47. Word before "whiz" or "willikers" 9. Where, at the University of 48. E-tailer's e-feat Maryland, you'll find Eppley 49. If you've been slacking on Recreation Center resolutions, now's your chance to 10. Barcelona-born artist Joan ___ 11. Since 55. Trig function, for short 12. Maker of the Vortex Diatron 56. The main thing? Blaster and the N-Strike Elite 57. "___ Force Ones" (Nelly song) Combat Creatures Attacknid Dart 58. Some social media images Shooter 59. Davis of "Bordertown" (1935) 20. Where Neil Everett and Stan 60. "MacGyver" actor's inits. Verrett share a desk 61. Handle attached to several Ford 21. "Dear mother Ida, harken ___ I vehicles? die" (repeated phrase in 62. "The Skeleton Painter" painter Tennyson's "Oenone") 23. Investigating

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26. Erykah Badu, the First Lady of ___ Soul 27. Jones, e.g. 29. Tide type 30. Draw to a close? 31. The origin, for a circle of the form x^2 + y^2 = r^2: Abbr. 33. ___ capital 35. Crabfest accessory 36. "Much ___ About Nothing" (play with a character named Dogberry) 37. Premier ___ ("first growth," to an oenologist) 38. "___: Cyber" (upcoming CBS show starring Bow Wow as a hacker) 42. "I vote in favor" 44. Sex tongue 45. It might make you sweat 46. Microscopic, unscientifically 49. Singer Rexha or Winans 50. See 51-Down 51. With 50-Down, settles the score 52. What not not to wear 53. Helper 54. Octomom's dad's home country 58. ___ Day