Crossword

Across

1 Its ribs stick out 11 “Fiddlesticks!” 15 First Chinese-American cabinet member 16 Seeing through 17 Where to stick a stick 18 Owner of the horse Sleipnir 19 Latin 101 word 20 Abbr. before Friday 21 Improvised jazz strain 23 Surrender 25 Showing signs of age 26 Rapidly down 29 Artsy L.A. district 31 Washington Post competitor: Abbr. 32 “Jurassic Park” co-star Sam 33 Teddy material 34 Not to, say 35 Omen 36 Like the function ax3 + bx2 + cx + d 37 Come up with 38 Word sometimes elided to its middle letter 39 Thwarts 40 [ !!!! ] 41 The Romans obtained a purple one from snails 42 Draw money? 43 They’re often drawn at night 44 Base order 46 Mar. figure 48 Record of the year? 50 Castigate 51 Colosseum crowd? 54 Dropped, as poll numbers 55 Certain internet hoax 58 Take a hit 59 News of flight delays, say 60 Sources of ricotta cheese 61 Unwavering look

Down

1 First name in country 2 Occasional S.N.L. host, to S.N.L. 3 Who wrote “Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise” 4 Vixen’s

offspring 5 “110%” effort 6 Vocalist for the

Black Eyed Peas 7 Flat tube? 8 Tuna type 9 Button-___ (hit everything at once, in gamer lingo) 10 Hippie-influenced fashion trend 11 Grace ___, servant in Jane Eyre 12 Curries, samosas, etc. 13 Staple of Thai cuisine 14 Dives 22 Suffix with magne23 Corduroy rib 24 Turns on 26 Vulgar 27 Highlighter

color 28 Bug 30 Big name in

escalators 33 Diamonds, e.g. 36 Smartphone

heading 37 Some back-andforth 39 Mythical piper 40 Voluptuous 43 Kind of column 45 Another name

for Pluto 47 Used too much 49 Jazzman Baker 51 Reid of

“Sharknado” 52 Luxury hotel in London’s Piccadilly district, with “the” 53 Word after who,

what or where 56 Hacker’s tool 57 Part of a gig