TODAY’S CROSSWORD

Across 1. Rinses with mouthwash 8. Interpret words visually by a deaf person 15. Poisonous herb, e.g. monkshood 16. Disney World location 17. Knocking sound (hyphenated) 18. Girl Scout product sold annually 19. Garden handtool 20. Deserved 21. Personnel director 22. Kiss 23. E.P.A. concern 25. Indy entrant 27. Go after 28. Of considerable size or value 33. 20-20, e.g. 34. “___ Ng” (They Might Be Giants song) 35. Capable of being put into service (var. spelling) 36. Publicity, slangily 37. Toni Morrison’s “___ Baby” 38. Forces that oppose motion 40. Be crazy about 42. Freetown currency unit 43. ___ of the above 44. Prayer ending 46. “The final frontier” 50. No longer active in a profession 52. Angry stare 53. Stallions 54. New Zealand lizardlike reptile 55. Misleading falsehoods 56. Literary works using irony to expose folly 57. Amazing adventure 58. Lead

Down 1. ___ Brooks, country music artist 2. Ticks and mites 3. Chopper blade 4. Small mammals with constantly growing incisor teeth 5. Creative writing 6. And others, for short 7. Undertake, with “out” 8. Leguminous plants poisonous to livestock 9. “Reversal of Fortune” star 10. Slog 11. Debonair 12. Perplexing 13. Component of nucleic acids 14. Computer operating systems 20. Terminated before intended end 22. Elaine ___ (“Seinfeld” role) 24. Sideshow performers 26. Beer buy 27. Opportunity to start over (2 wds) 28. “Paradise Lost” character 29. Without embellishment 30. Rank of European noblemen 31. “A Doll’s House” playwright 32. A chorus line 39. Pertaining to family favoritism 41. Fastens shoelaces again 44. Sharp, narrow mountain ridge 45. Chaotic 47. Cognizant 48. Wrapped in a waxed shroud 49. Clear, as a disk 51. Western blue flag, e.g. 52. Plant whose seeds yield a thickening agent gum 53. Tokyo, formerly 54. Cooking meas.