CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Harsh criticism

5 Center

8 Spider creations 12 Zhivago's love

13 Parisian pal

14 Oodles

15 “So be it”

16 Wall St. debut

17 Concept

18 “Pop Goes the —” 20 Piquant

22 Oklahoma city

23 Berlin's country (Abbr.) 24 Intend

27 Centennial State 32 Neither Rep. nor Dem. 33 Bedazzle

34 Lemon

35 So darned cute

38 Tackled weeds

39 Corral

40 Caviar base 42 Shrewd

45 Van Gogh painting 49 Smooth-talking 50 Top card

52 Dazzle

53 Roof overhang 54 Train lines

(Abbr.)

55 Actress Hatcher 56 British gun

57 Soup cooker 58 Dalmatian feature

DOWN

1 Imperfection 2 Hobbling

3 Region

4 Dorothy, for one

5 Yell “Taxi!”

6 Ref

7 Life stories

8 Legal release

9 Place of great wealth 10 Afrikaner

11 Remain

19 Harris or Asner 21 In the past 24 Soccer's Hamm 25 Finale

26 Like some parents

28 Barn bird

29 Most skeptical 30 Payable

31 Quirky

36 Deli sandwich

37 Busy insect 38 Stickup jobs 41 Choice word? 42 Mellows

43 Venetian blind part 44 Lawman Wyatt 46 Dance move 47 Modern money 48 Tizzy

51 — -Magnon