CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Honor in a big way 5 “The Aviator” actor, 2004 9 Fictional swordsman 14 Stoked 15 Province of NW Spain 16 Word that’s its own synonym when its first two letters are replaced with “w” 17 “At the ___” (subtitle of a 1978 hit) 18 Fellow 19 Relatives of kites 20 N.E.A. member?: Abbr. 21 Language related to Hopi 23 Terse response to an order 24 “Well, yeah!” 25 Md or Rn fig. 26 Notable 1973 defendant 27 Establishes 31 Dickens character “with a dead lull about her” 33 University in Melbourne 35 Occasional meat eater 37 Carl Sagan’s sequel to “Cosmos” 39 Gloss 42 Quick to put up, in a way 44 Great Trek figure of the 1830s 45 Spring’s cyclic counterpart 47 Company behind Hitchcock’s “Notorious” 48 One making bankto-bank transfers? 49 James and Jones of jazz 51 Battles 52 Dungeons & Dragons race 54 “___ it up and spit it out” (“My Way” lyric) 55 What’s more 56 Totally occupy 57 Trailer segment 58 Color close to puce 59 Like many towels 60 One of two areas on a football line 61 Play award?

DOWN

1 Front 2 See how many hits you get, say 3 Five-star 4 Pulitzer-winning novelist Jennifer 5 Fountain growth 6 1994-2000 TV talk show 7 “Who’da thunk it?!” 8 During pregnancy 9 Crush 10 Be subtly and snarkily insulting 11 “Girls” girl played by Lena Dunham 12 Portmanteau in the frozen food aisle 13 Word with sound or storm 22 Part of many a scandal 28 Peddler of religious literature 29 Attempt to cure 30 Like many major highways 32 Less genial 34 Science of nutrition 36 Basic 38 Starts to practice 39 Jim ___, one-handed Yankee who pitched a no-hitter in 1993 40 Knuckle-headed antic? 41 Like Mars vis-à-vis Jupiter 43 Like centerfolds, typically 46 Grill setting 50 9/ 51 Use an e-cig 53 Bug catcher, maybe