Crossword

ACROSS

1 Short shots? 5 Toque wearer 9 Tenth of a grand 14 “Quickly!” 15 Quasimodo’s creator 16 Conifer with durable wood 17 Bishop in bed? 20 Mid-’70s cost to mail a typical letter 21 Wears down 22 Veracious 23 Enliven

24 “I happen to have a deck of cards right here”?

28 “__ Rose Has Its Thorn”: Poison hit 29 Bashes

30 “So there!” 33 Focusing aid 34 “Under the Redwoods” author 36 Valley 37 “Good Behavior” broadcaster 38 High spot on a farm

39 Radio station, e.g.

40 Fake lawyer? 43 Nooks

46 Get behind, with “for” 47 Immature insects 48 Indicates 52 Software service provided by hardware sellers ... and a hint to three long puzzle answers 54 Lacks

55 Bad thing to take in a ring 56 Rim 57 Beasts of burden 58 Gravity-propelled toy

59 Seven __

DOWN

1 Historian’s field 2 Archipelago piece 3 Normandy city 4 Ghosts 5 Calisthenic exercise

6 Fox pursuer 7 What some poachers poach 8 Metrosexual 9 Priests, e.g. 10 Biblical dancer 11 Milan-based fashion house 12 Work for a chamber group

13 What we have here 18 Matthew who led a 19th-century expedition to Japan 19 Alter, in a way, as a file

23 “__ lot of good that’ll do you” 24 Bombard 25 Roasting site 26 Canterbury’s county 27 Mistake 30 Word with cash or candy 31 Away from the wind 32 German title

34 Staff expanders 35 Multinational range

36 Sets for some 43-Across 38 Learned experts 39 Company name inspired by a volcano

40 Like oxen 41 Gradually develop 42 Labored 43 Highest-ranking 44 “__ Theme”: “Doctor Zhivago” melody 45 Salad green 48 Gardening aid 49 Aspect 50 Roman robe 51 Small tip components 53 NFL stat