Crossword

ACROSS

1 Handle things 5 Try out 9 Additional 14 With nobody playing, say 16 Retro stereo component 17 Life preserver? 18 Katherine of NBC’s “State of Affairs” 19 Observes closely 20 Girl adopted by Silas Marner 21 Anxious 22 Anti-___ League (Progressive Era organization) 24 Blade brand 26 On the program 28 Feels deep sympathy 32 Site of Oscar Wilde’s trials 34 By and by 35 Sound effects pioneer Jack 36 Mandatory courses 37 Eponym of Bible history 39 Ehrich ___ a.k.a. Harry Houdini 40 Was unconsciously disturbing? 41 “I, Claudius” figure 43 Blathers 45 Component of some biodiesels 50 Ones coming ashore 51 Put away for someone 53 Drafted 54 One with changing needs 55 It may be off the charts 56 Like some physicians 57 Fuses 58 Person offering you a fortune 59 Command that a dog shouldn’t follow

DOWN

1 Section of a botanical garden 2 School zone? 3 Top of the winter 4 Swords, in Sèvres 5 PC-linking program 6 It’s hard to find in a crowd 7 8:00-9:00 on TV, e.g. 8 Proverbial certainty 9 Shakespeare character who coins the term “primrose path” 10 Winner of back-to-back Best Rock Instrumental Grammys in 1980 and 1981 11 The ordinary folk 12 “Scientists dream about doing great things. ___ do them”: James A. Michener 13 Capacity 15 Gigli and pici, for two 23 “Dear ___” (1960s-’70s radio program) 25 Longtime “Voice of the New York Yankees” 27 Easter stock 28 Does some grilling 29 Quarters’ quarters? 30 Group that almost can’t fail? 31 Added to a plant 33 Treat with violent disrespect 35 Become dull 38 Lives the high life 39 Go downhill 42 Chicago SunTimes columnist Richard 44 Soft options? 46 Brainy high school clique 47 Cosmic path 48 Former Trump Organization member 49 Like Ziegfeld girls 50 Thick of things, in a manner of speaking 52 Kid Cudi’s “Day ’n’ ___”