Crossword
Across
1 One of the Great Lakes 5 Menacing cloud 10 Sony offering 14 Saint’s home, for short 15 Place for a barbecue 16 Rich finish? 17 “Don’t give up” 19 Rather powerful engine 20 Brown 21 Some plants 23 Value 25 Spooky quality 28 Smoothie fruit 29 Popular cookie 31 Taking things for granted on April Fools’ Day and others 32 “Time ___ …” 33 Track, in a sense 34 Not wait for Mr. Right, say 35 Huuuuuuuuge 37 Loose, now 40 Powerful D.C. lobby 41 Raiser of awareness, for short 44 Not accidental 45 In opposition 46 Guru, maybe 47 Straightens 49 Firm parts: Abbr. 50 Hockey team, e.g. 51 Words on a jacket 53 Risked a ticket 55 Construction staples … or a hint to this puzzle’s theme 59 Famous Amos
60 Rocker Steve 61 “Don’t go!,” e.g. 62 Obnoxious one 63 Subject of some codes 64 Scandinavian capital
Down
1 Vase style 2 Compatriot of Mao 3 Noted father-orson singer 4 Ancient New Mexican 5 Part of a crib 6 Living ___ 7 Major Asian carrier 8 Attire 9 Like melancholy musical keys 10 The poor 11 Not go along 12 Prefix with lateral 13 Bedevil 18 Girl’s name that may precede Ann 22 One may be starting in sports 23 What’s shaken when you say “Shake!” 24 Big letters in electronics 25 Ones moving far from home 26 Fifth in a group of eight 27 Saginaw-to-Flint dir. 29 Bit of beachwear 30 ___ way 33 It may be added to alcohol 34 Pitiful 35 Hit the gas pedal hard 36 Actress Wilson of Mrs Doubtfire 37 Sch. with the George W. Bush Presidential Library 38 Corral 39 Strips at breakfast 41 Tough, tenacious sorts 42 Wild blue yonder 43 Features of Boston accents 45 Milieu of the FX series The Americans 46 Poetic stanza 48 Like government bonds 49 German preposition 51 Oil qtys. 52 They burn 53 Racing letters 54 Author who wrote “I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity” 56 Buried treasure 57 Pull (in) 58 Noted pseudonym in short story writing