Crossword

ACROSS

1 Sit down 5 Did one’s part? 10 Surgery reminder 14 Former Italian coin 15 Knee stiffener 16 In great shape 17 Like many lockets 18 Scales of “astronomical” proportions? 19 Great Lake name 20 Hard to see in the brush 23 Bishop topper 24 Does a laundry chore 25 Reduce in value 28 Wrinkly faced pooches 30 Milky gemstone 31 Infectious bacteria, briefly 33 First prime number 36 Like luxury car interiors 40 Bart’s neighbor 41 Sulks 42 Season of gift-giving 43 Material for a pool table surface 44 Powerful equines 46 Place where hair may accumulate 49 Turns, as on an axis 51 Properly sticking to one’s training 57 Like good foes? 58 Like many roller coaster drops 59 Start of a depressing Monopoly phrase 60 Jiffy ___ of autocare 61 Fencing attack 62 Vaguely suggest 63 Aromatic neckwear 64 Walk inside 65 Carry-all in a cafeteria

DOWN

1 Furrow fields 2 Not taped 3 Type of exam or hygiene 4 Notable rhyming London street 5 Wear away through erosion 6 It’s even worse when it’s organized 7 Fife’s drum 8 Beige relative 9 Like some signers 10 Hedge trimmer’s tool 11 Freighter’s load 12 Sci-fi figure 13 Cattails and such 21 Post-U.S.S.R. bloc 22 Easy to lift 25 Your current clue direction 26 Type of sword 27 Like tires needing replacement 28 Besties 29 “Brown” deliverers 31 Completely closed 32 One using a crib sheet? 33 ‘T,’ on a test 34 Join metals 35 “The ___ of Solomon” 37 Cause to topple over 38 Capitol Hill VIP 39 What having contacts can improve 43 Young French ladies 44 Evening repast 45 ___ Aviv, Israel 46 Reside 47 Cabaret show 48 Jail-avoiding cover 49 Telltale sign for a hound 50 Feudal vassal or lord 52 Little bit of land in the sea 53 Shock and amaze 54 Pinot ___ (red wine) 55 Volcano in Sicily 56 Partially rotted, as wood