QUICK CROSSWORD

Across

1 Caught a free ride

(with an extended thumb) (7) 5 Sherlock Holmes’s drug (5)

8 Swing around, as a ship (WAY backwards) (3)

9 Dodge minivan model (7) 10 “Copenhagen” physicist Bohr (5) 11 Bone of the lower leg (5)

13 Some like it dry (7)

14 You’ve got one on each foot (3,3) 16 Plot deviously (6)

20 Earth layer near the surface (BOILS US anagram) (7)

22 Kramden or Nader (5) 25 Animal known for its laugh (5) 26 Sense of completeness, finality (7) 27 Bi plus one; quad minus one (3) 28 10 percent for charity (5) 29 Throw out, as a court case (7)

Down

1 Ben ___ (“Perfidy” writer) (5) 2 Heart follower (5)

3 ___ at it (Give it a try) (4,1,2) 4 Powerhouse (MONDAY anagram) (6)

5 Master, to a pet (5)

6 Go into detail, as on taxes (7) 7 Hamas weapon fired from Gaza, e.g. (7)

12 VII minus IV (3)

14 MLB single, double or triple (7) 15 Bull (talk) session, slangily (7) 17 I Am ___ (Yellow)” -- 1967 Swedish erotic film (7)

18 Floor-washing implement (3) 19 Lake ___ (site of the 1980 Olympics) (6) 21 Bloviate from a podium (5)

23 Bank ___ (A leading Israeli bank) (5) 24 Considers carefully, as advice (5)