GETTING THE LAST WORD

ACROSS

1. Toronto NHLers, to fans

6. In the distance

10. Writable storage media, briefly

14. Submit a résumé

15. Socially aware, in modern parlance

16. Sign on roadside furniture, often

17. *Airline based in Neverland? (5,5)

19. “Why don’t we?!”

20. Brief meeting?

21. First ___ kit

22. Iraqi port in Sinbad the Sailor tales

23. *Junk tossed from a jacuzzi? (3,3,6)

27. End-to-end measurements: Abbr.

29. Exit sign

30. Summer fair in T.O.:

Abbr.

31. Monopoly token replaced by a cat

32. Chess game weakling

34. Fashion’s Hugo

35. *Demographic crazy about sweet potatoes?

38. Biblical “you”

39. Shania Twain album “The Woman ___” (2,2)

40. Prefix with disestablishmentarianism

41. Subway map dot: Abbr.

42. Zorro’s mark, in Canada

43. Have ___ for life (1,4)

44. *Woman in a sack race? (7,5)

48. “He’s such ___ in the neck!” (1,4)

49. Here, to Henri

50. Fishing chum?

54. Cop’s catch, briefly

55. Atone for one’s sins .... or when parsed differently, how to solve the answers to the starred clues (4,6)

58. Russian-born Art Deco artist

59. “See other side”

60. Complete jerk

61. Calendar squares

62. Private dining room?

63. ___ the custom (traditionally) (2,3)

DOWN

1. Places for MacBooks, maybe

2. French word for “sword”

3. Condo cousins: Abbr.

4. Skinlike hose hue (5,4)

5. Bashar al-Assad’s country: Abbr.

6. Expect, as a late date

7. Cheese dish with sticks

8. Alias inits.

9. Dream sleep stage, for short

10. Uncommon name for the note B (1,4)

11. Formal winter cloaks (5,5)

12. Telex once again

13. Seeds in halva

18. Consoling touches

22. Something to shake on

24. Without: Ger.

25. Glam rock’s Ziggy Stardust

26. Award won by Arkells and Arcade Fire

27. Gilbert and Sullivan fare (5,5)

28. Environmentalist’s ballot choice, often (5,5)

32. Ivory Soap co. (1,3,1)

33. Something to bank on

34. How preschoolers might paint (2,7)

36. Diddly, in Drummondville

37. Beyoncé’s The Lion King role, 2019

38. Like the letter tau (1-6)

42. Wine list red, for short

43. 1997 McLachlan hit

45. Singer’s vocal chords, informally

46. ___ Hard Lemonade

47. Super servers

51. Again

52. Nut product?

53. “Heaping” amounts: Abbr.

55. Upside down WOW

56. Hail, in a hymn

57. Elton’s old record label