Crossword
Across
1 Take stock? 9 Undergoes
downsizing 14 By hand 15 Small parlor piece Leave basically nothing to chance 17 Household 18 Walkman
insert 19 Martian feature 20 Support in a confessional Caribbean island that Columbus visited in 1493 22 Pollen
repositories 23 Foamy drink 16 21 25 Cicero’s longtime servant and scribe 26 ___ boy 27 English county whose seat is Exeter 28 Flatten
32 Just make (out) 33 Breaking of a mirror and others
34 Young studs? 35 Slow-burning
firewood 37 Nonprofit Broadway production grp 38 TV character who said “Help always come when people fight for right” 39 Raid target 43 Character in Uncle Remus tales 45 Comment often preceding “Let’s”
47 Gail ___, inventor of condensed milk 48 Emphatic
agreement 49 Start a bank,
say
50 Other than the Nationals, only current Major League Baseball team never to have played in a World Series Turned to anarchy 52 Conservationist’s field? 53 Has the gall 54 Under the gun 51
Down
1 Lab wear 2 Premium cigar 3 “Hold it!” 4 Compact
containers
5 Big flap in the
fashion industry 6 Threat from a
rat
7 USPS option advertised with the slogan “If it fits, it ships” 8 Northumberland river
9 Jot 10 Entry in a legislative appropriations bill
Idle Archenemy of Optimus Prime in movies 13 Members of
blended families 15 Hit hard
21 Not going by the
book? 24 Occupied 26 Sighs of relief 27 “Why did I do
that?!”
28 Blade holder 29 Only African capital named after a US president 30 Intentionally
hidden 31 Enterprise
standard 36 Device used to detect radio waves
38 Not flabby 39 2013
spinoff 40 Popular arts-and-crafts brand
41 Take a sudden
turn
42 Prepared for
impact
44 Grand affairs 46 Black jellybean
flavorer 48 Hookups at a
gig