Times-Echo Crossword Puzzle: June 11, 2026

The Secret's In the Service

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1. Secret Service Code Name for Bill Clinton

6. Cyrillic abbv. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (also seen in Ivan Drago’s corner in Rocky IV)

10. Spring mo

13. Not quite a B

14. One working in the garden, perhaps

15. Nitrogen compound found in urine

17. French director whose films were usually controversial, like “Les Amants” or The Lovers - which led to a landmark Supreme Court case about the legal definition of obscenity.

19. ___ Ration (dog food brand)

20. All excited

21. Network of underground plant structures

23. Radioactive thorium isotope

25. Moreno of “West Side Story”

26. Freudian component of the psyche

27. Hospital staffers, for short

28. Decorative pond fish

30. Resident of an island nation near Madagascar

32. ___ Ross, seamstress of legend that said “Stars on a field of blue, one for each colony; bars of red, for the blood of sacrifice; on a ground of white for love and peace.”

34. Captain ___, infamous pirate whose final words before execution were “I have nothing to say except that I have been sworn against by perjured and wicked people.”

35. Like Bridget Jones after too much Chardonnay

40. Opens, poetically - or how Eliza Doolittle said “I have _ and dreams”

41. James Caan’s role in “The Godfather”

42. Secret Service Code Name for Ronald Reagan

46. New, in German

47. Grimm character

50. Old English letter also called eth

51. German term for quality sparkling wine

53. Like much of Schoenberg’s music

55. term that is believed to be derived from the first name of a 19th century NYC con man and thief who was known for his attempts to outsmart the police

58. Japanese PlayStation maker

59. Popular video recorder

60. Flavorful base often with sauteed onions, tomatoes, garlic, ginger, and spices - PSA - Try Billo’s Chole Bhatura or Chicken Makhani at New Delhi Cafe in Eureka Springs

62. Suffix for certain hydrocarbons

63. Eleven, in French

64. Ham and ___ (average Joe)

65. ___ and outs

66. Confidentiality agreements, briefly

67. Glassmakers’ ovens

 

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1. Chocolate-topped cream-filled pastry

2. Cardinalfish genus

3. “_, Guacamole, and The Color Purple” - episode in Season One of Young Sheldon

4. Mario’s little brother

5. Curved road bend, shaped like a letter, and found on the Pig Trail in the Ozark Mountains

6. Rosalind of “The Joy Luck Club”

7. “The _ of Money” (Paul Newman’s only Best Actor Oscar win)

8. Secret Service Code Name fo Joe Biden

9. Magic word

10. Seabirds related to puffins

11. Verb tense expressing the past

12. Secret Service Code Name for Barack Obama

16. Alternative type of milk

18. Fictional Japanese detective portrayed by Peter Lorre

22. Verb for Popeye

24. Small Hawaiian instruments, informally

29. Mideast nation, abbr

31. “Fine by me”

32. Lively party

33. Time periods, briefly

35. Compact Apple tablet

36. Connecticut city home to Yale

37. Hither’s partner

38. “_ Pete” - Crime drama starring Giovanni Ribisi

39. Letter-shaped fastener

40. Handel opera written in Italian

43. Believer’s suffix

44. Secret Service Code Name for Jimmy Carter

45. Dickey _ - former professional boxer portrayed by Christian Bale in The Fighter

47. “Stop right there!”

48. Secret Service Code Name for John F. Kennedy

49. Philadelphia hockey team

52. ___ rima (Dante’s verse form)

54. Killers of the Flower Moon told the story about the serial murders of this Native American tribe

56. “Friends” role

57. Musical abbreviation.

61. Partner of poivre

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