Today's crossword

ACROSS

1 Balance __:

gymnastics event 5 Theme park

transport

9 Rave’s opposite 12 Opposite of calor 13 Crustaceans

eaten by whales 14 Japanese

wrestling form 15 *Seasonal New

England attraction 17 Warmup exam for college-bound sophs

18 Jousting spear 19 Entourage 20 *Show of affection made with fluttering eyelashes 23 Hashtag on a social media post about gratitude, perhaps 25 Actress Sophia 26 Lollipop taste 27 Olympics sled 28 Feathery

neckwear

31 2028 Olympics

host country: Abbr. 32 *Big name in

cloud storage 35 The NBA’s Thunder, on scoreboards

36 __ Claire,

Wisconsin 37 Experiment sites 38 Beneficiary of an

exfoliation routine 39 Polish, as shoes 41 Pumpkin seeds 44 *Improvises over

a beat

47 Polo, for one 48 Causing the

heebie-jeebies 49 Tickle Me Elmo

toy company 50 Success-versusfailure metaphor, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues 55 Country across the Arabian Sea from Mumbai 56 Opposite of chaos 57 “Hmm ... bad idea” 58 Writing implement

By Matthew Stock

59 Join with heat, as

metal pieces 60 __ fun at

DOWN

1 Closest pal,

briefly

2 Pitching stat 3 Have a bug 4 Clam or oyster 5 Tracked down 6 Water under the

bridge

7 The “A” of IPA 8 D.C. United’s org. 9 “Shrek 2” character who occasionally succumbs to hairballs 10 Accumulate 11 Written reminders 13 __ cloth:

Ghanaian textile 14 Bike wheel part 16 Back muscles,

briefly 19 Oven-safe

glassware 20 “Nothing’s

stopping me” 21 Goof

22 Corporate symbol 23 Color of UNICEF’s

22-Down 24 Salters of ESPN 27 Vinyl records, for

short

29 Gumbo pod 30 Top poker cards 32 Little-known

celebs

33 Wild speech 34 Comply 38 Speaks out 40 “Great blue”

wader

41 Took a quick look 42 Goof

43 Two of a kind 44 Camera setting

that affects depth 45 Sound alike 46 Tennis great Ivan 50 Go to seed? 51 Anger

52 “__ cares!” 53 58-Across

contents

54 “The Simpsons”

bartender