CROSSWORDS

Across

1 Qualifier for a hall entry?

5 Excuse descriptor

9 Med. recordings

13 Over, in much Twain dialogue

14 “__ my way”

15 Relatives of windsocks

17 Hugo character memorably portrayed by Charles Laughton

19 Fuming

20 Uncle __

21 Risk pieces

22 Type of large TV

23 With 36- and 44-Across, what 17Across might have said when his job became too repetitious?

26 Sitarist Shankar

28 Metal sources

29 Important part of a whale’s diet 31 Feigned 33 Many an IRS employee

36 See 23-Across

39 “Got it now?”

40 Parts of Walmart work uniforms 41 Frodo’s home, with “the” 42 Gentlemen

43 Actor Omar

44 See 23-Across

51 Lengthy account

52 Participate in a race, maybe 53 Fluoride-touting org.

56 Blazing

57 17-Across’ workplace

59 Problems electric razors should prevent

60 Avoid getting into deep water? 61 “Lobster Telephone” artist

62 “__ who?”

63 Monthly Roman calendar occurrences 64 Turned yellow, perhaps

Down

1 Customer info sources 2 Lago contents

3 ‘80s cop show featuring Ferraris

4 USN rank

5 Keep in check

6 Merged gas company 7 Auto datum

8 Brian of music

9 What superheroes seek to thwart

10 Gold fineness units 11 Grind

12 “They __ up!”: scapegoat’s cry

16 Alteration target 18 Infamous Amin 22 Intrinsically

24 Rank partner 25 Doesn’t do much

26 Classic movie theaters

27 “Alfred” composer

30 Red state?

31 Broadway

“Chicago”

32 PC key

33 Cuts into, with “at”

34 Cop’s collar

35 Iowa college town

37 Jones or Gilliam of Monty Python 38 Passé pronoun choreographer for 42 Impertinent in tone

44 PBS “Mystery!” host Cumming 45 LP players

46 Erie Canal city

47 More than fear

48 Circumflex cousin

49 Doesn’t do much

50 Satisfied

54 Editor’s mark

55 Like much of New Mexico 57 Md. airport serving D.C.

58 Not quite right