DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 See 62-Across 6 Spanish for “tar” 10 Colombian city 14 “Pokémon: The Series” genre 15 “The __ Not Taken”: Frost 16 Household paint no longer contains it 17 Mani-pedi tools 18 Horrible 20 Hillary and Norgay’s conquest 22 Allow to use 23 Word after sun or speed 24 Supplement 27 To some extent 29 Like Ben Franklin’s religious beliefs 32 Pseudonym 33 Pequod sinker 34 Huge mythical bird 36 Protected inlet 37 Mollusk’s home 38 Prefix for tone or chrome 39 One of 20digits 40 Then, to Pierre 41 “Hired” workers 42 Delicate 44 Bit of wit 45 Cast a ballot 46 Hipbones 47 “The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple __”: Noyes 49 Whenever 52 Atonement 56 Web surfing tool 57 Deleted, with “out” 58 Dunkable cookie 59 Perpendicular to the keel 60 Hats 61 Fork-tailed seabird 62 After 1-Across, skilled childcare worker ... and a hint to putting together this puzzle’s circles
DOWN
1 Combination target 2 Degree offerer: Abbr. 3 Construction machine 4 Retired female professors 5 Tightly closes again 6 Cookout choice 7 Rubbish 8 Singer’s asset 9 Hubbub 10 Customer 11 Near-eternity 12 Commend 13 Passports, e.g. 19 Not quite worthy of a cigar? 21 Like a fox 24 Stuck (to) 25 Bargains 26 Herb used in potato salad 27 Formal agreement 28 Detached 30 “Somewhere in Time” band 31 Deeded apartment 33 Entire 35 Amount paid 37 Narrow cut 38 One of Canada’s Prairie Provinces 40 Athenian marketplace 41 Male ascetic 43 Steers clear of 44 Recycling receptacle 47 XLV years before the Battle of Hastings 48 Columnist’s page 49 Archaic “soon” 50 Signify 51 Primetime award for which Betty White has received 21 nominations 52 Electric swimmer 53 Tyke 54 Guinness’ land: Abbr. 55 Above, to a bard