CROSSWORD

Across

1 Cried on cue, say

6 Nimble-fingered

10 Auntie on Broadway

14 Africa’s Sierra __

15 Butterlike topping

16 Beatnik’s “Understood”

17 *Grocery store

19 Join the chorus

20 Like the chains in a chain necklace 21 Camp beds

22 Swear (to)

25 Pair in a dinghy

27 Employee’s reward

28 *Vessel for a cheesy dip 33 Cone-dropping trees

34 Recycling receptacle

35 Maps within maps

36 Therapists’ org.

37 *Ballroom dance that’s also a phonetic alphabet “F” 39 Shatner’s “__War”

40 Cash in, as coupons

42 “I __ only kidding”

43 Shoulder muscle, for short 44 *All-terrain high shoe

46 Sandburg and Sagan

47 Highest in quality

48 Gives a thumbs-up 49 Wrinkle-removing injection 52 Acquires, as debts

55 State firmly

56 Stream crossing for pedestrians ... and what is literally provided by the interior letters in the answers to starred clues 60 Filet mignon order

61 World power initials until 1991 62 How contracts are signed

63 Iditarod vehicle

64 Fishing rod partner

65 Occur as a result

Down

1 1980s TV ET 2 Corporate VIP

3 Also

4 Tiresomely long 5 Downfall

6 Nerdy sort

7 Sommer of cinema 8 Get nourishment from 9 Trike rider

10 Applies incorrectly 11 Score after deuce 12 Ermine cousin 13 They’re often scrambled

18 Tiny farm denizen 21 Main impact 22 Repetitive barking 23 Taiwan’s capital 24 Rabble-rousing outburst

26 “Hasta la vista” 28 Predicament 29 Quarterback’s “Snap the ball at the second ‘hut’”

30 Fizzles (out)

31 Verdi opera with Desdemona

32 “You should be ashamed!”

34 Lays an egg on stage

37 UPS alternative

38 Word before or after pack

41 Nudged sharply

43 Best Western competitor

45 Lazy

46 Underwood who performs the “Sunday Night Football” opening 48 Classroom stand-in 49 Happy hour places 50 Mirror shape

51 Ran like mad

53 Smoke detector?

54 PC corner key

56 Calico coat

57 Put down

58 Oxlike antelope

59 Barely manage, with “out”