TODAY’S CROSSWORD

Across

1. Absorbed

5. Fill

9. A small drop

13. Continental money 15. ___ du jour

16. Halo, e.g.

17. “You ___ kidding!” 18. From now on

20. CDC member?

22. Affirm

23. Royal staff

24. “Green Gables” girl 25. Beat

26. Cuts through

30. Break off

32. “Wanna ___?”

33. “Much ___ About Nothing”

34. Tube in body which food passes through

39. Amscrayed

40. “A jealous mistress”: Emerson

41. Cartoon art

42. An innocent girl

45. Shopping assistants 47. MasterCard alternative 48. Crack

51. Fashions

54. More covered of reeds 55. Butter and powdered sugar mixture

57. Pop

58. Advocate

59. “How ___!”

60. Brown ermine

61. Bungle, with “up”

62. Appraiser

63. Coastal raptors

Down 1. Analyzes 2. Containing trivalent gold 3. Saving 4. Orchestral music

5. Area

6. A pint, maybe

7. Roofing material 8. Forever

9. Lights coordinator

10. Vermeer’s “Woman With a ___”

11. Assayers’ stuff

12. Blocks

14. Height

19. Bang-up (hyphenated) 21. Undertake, with “out” 27. Constellation east of Orion

28. ___ cheese

29. Exclusive

30. Delhi dress

31. Brio 32. Dracula, at times

35. Revolt

36. Place where money of a club is kept

37. Groups of business that fix prices

38. Come before

43. Gets around

44. Pesky insects

45. Calling

46. Absorbed, as a cost 49. Ice cream flavor

50. Allowances for waste after deduction for tare 51. Bud

52. Pink, as a steak

53. Units of work

56. Nod, maybe