TODAY’S CROSSWORD

Across

1. Bouquets

7. Prejudices

13. Emissary

14. Cause of hereditary vari- ation

15. Spruce up

16. Power tools for smooth- ing wood

18. “Unforgettable” singers

19. Decide to leave, with “out”

21. Arch type

22. Cuckoos

23. Pigtail, e.g.

25. Bluster

26. Affranchise

27. Fixed

29. After expenses

30. Aridity

32. Baton wielder

34. Appropriate

35. Charge

36. Sack

40. ___ Island, TV show 44. Backstabber

45. Vine-supporting latticework

47. “So ___ me!”

48. ___ acid, a product of protein metabolism

50. Lieu

51. “Empedocles on ___” (Matthew Arnold poem)

52. Data

53. Sylvester, to Tweety

54. Ishmael’s people

55. Collapse

58. Some theater

60. Farmer, at times

61. Sacred Zoroastrian writings

62. Fitting room endeavors

63. Cash in

Down

1. One who distributes charity

2. That which exists 3. Baddies

4. Foot pads

5. Absorbed, as a cost

6. Married women (Spanish)

7. Christian rite involving water

8. Down with the flu

9. ___ king, food (2 wds)

10. Man of La Mancha 11. Chic

12. More tranquil

15. Almost boil

17. Begin

20. Crash site?

23. Rouses to action

24. Hearing impairment device (2 wds)

27. Cache

28. Parenting challenges

31. 40 winks

33. Undertake, with “out”

36. Ancient Celtic priest

37. Heartfelt

38. More rigid

39. A through Z

40. Freight car without sides or roof (2 wds)

41. Ancient fertility goddess

42. Ray of sunlight

43. Bakery supply

46. Grassland

49. England Dan and John Ford ___, singing duo

51. Clear, as a disk

54. Lying, maybe

56. “Much ___ About Nothing”

57. Big ___ Conference

59. “___ Maria”