CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Like some VIP treatment 10 Global Chic designer 14 Dog trainer’s hand signal, say 15 It’ll blow over soon 16 Running smoothly 17 Schindler with a list 18 Stings 19 Academic acronym 21 The past, in the past 22 Beat but good 24 Absorption processes 26 “A Farewell to Arms” setting: Abbr. 29 Algerian seaport 31 __ Pig: British preschool TV show 32 Start to stop? 33 Strauss creation 35 Mexican president after Calderón 37 Gets all mushy 40 Kipling’s “Lone Wolf” 41 Feudal servants 42 Daffy depiction? 43 Can’t get enough of 45 Abounding 46 Anti-discrimina- tion initials 47 Mexico’s largest lake 49 Cunning 51 “Wow!” 52 Passed on 54 Very little 58 Shut out, in a game 60 “Pardon, sir ... “62 Salon option 63 Counting-out rhyme opening 64 Flexible, in a way 65 Secretly communicate in class, pre-texting

DOWN

1 Dollar competitor 2 Feature of a busy amusement park 3 What needs to be passed on the way to the bar, briefly? 4 Foretell 5 Musical “Late Late” segment 6 Snowstorm news 7 Prefix with tourism 8 Explorers, e.g. 9 Manage 10 Gp. concerned with cheaters 11 Stops the fight 12 Rhododendron family bloomer 13 __ out: gets excited in a geeky way, in slang 15 Popular place for lurking trolls 20 Psychic’s claim 23 Former TV talk show host Smiley 25 Taylor tot 26 Sun and Sky org. 27 Unlikely “TGIF” exclaimer 28 “Little help?” 30 Pilot’s digit 34 Narrow furrow 36 2017 Tony winner about the ‘90s IsraelPLO accords 38 Somewhat off 39 Cloverleaf segments 44 Mammalwith a rack 47 G.I. Joe nemesis 48 Writer of anthropomorphic tales 50 Lacks choices 53 Perfumery that created Tabu 55 Bit of sports trivia 56 French bean? 57 Winged god 59 Situation Room gp. 61 Assent