CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Across

1 Author Allende 7 Counter proposals? 14 Still ahead

15 2003 disaster movie about a mission to Earth’s center 16 Disneyland’s Golden Horseshoe is one 17 Mr. Rogers catchword

18 Car loan figs. 19 Leaf pore

21 Tolkien being 22 Champagne with a diaeresis

23 Lion, say

24 Govt. securities 27 Handy program 28 Suggests to the palate

30 Join forces

32 Help a vacationing friend, maybe

36 Old news source 37 No WNBA players 38 Clam or lobster 39 Crunchy cantina fare

41 Became one company

42 Rockford’s home 44 Include in the mix 45 Court rival of Roger

48 Iraq War danger: Abbr.

49 Hub near de Gaulle 50 Broadway’s Burrows

51 Crystal-lined rock 53 Chesapeake delicacy

54 Pull out all the stops

57 Perspicacious 59 Prince of Darkness 60 Midday nap 61 Trips taken mostly in the dark

62 Leash

Down

1 Tinder notice

2 Show labeled for its early sponsors

3 Fix for an injured knee

4 Increase

5 Broody rock genre 6 Blank photo cause 7 Couple of People 8 Massage technique 9 Race stage 10 Hamburger beef? 11 Prize founder

12 Like some humor 13 Russia’s Alexander

II emancipated them in 1861

17 Disclaimer for sounds-absurd-butit’s-real news content 20 Many PH.D. candidates

25 Supervisors 26 Lead-in to bad news

28 Symbol of slowness

29 Ages and ages 31 Press and such 33 Consequence of too much sweetness? 34 Refreshing coffeehouse order

35 Focus of a former Florida museum that featured a Hug Club 37 2006 Verizon acquisition

40 Expended 41 Region of long-frustrated peace efforts

43 Its Jan. 2018 additions include “hangry” and “mansplain” 45 Abandoned party 46 Where the stars are

47 Rank 49 G7, before Russia’s suspension

52 Farm girls

55 La Liga cheer 56 Yorkie’s group designation

58 “Sprechen __ Deutsch?”