CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “Big bad” pig harasser 5 Paper Mate products 9 Dictation pro 14 Milky gem 15 Frenzied 16 High fly to the shortstop 17 __ and dine 18 Optimistic 19 Wear down 20 Ship that’s safe for an ocean voyage 23 Teller of macabre tales 24 Tokyo, once 25 Student’s assignment 29 See 47-Across 31 Indy 500 stat 34 Nebraska city near Boys Town 35 O’Hara plantation 36 Pepsi, e.g. 37 Barrel roll or wingover 40 Award for 46-Down 41 Apron tops 42 Stair part 43 “For __ a jolly good fellow ... ” 44 Long skirt 45 Conceited 46 Objective 47 With 29-Across, baseball’s major leagues, in slang 48 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, for one 57 San Antonio mission 58 The “kid” in “Here’s looking at you, kid” 59 “I smell __!” 60 “Homeland” actress Claire 61 Trio minus one 62 With 65-Across, military specialist 63 Supremes singer Ross 64 CPR pros 65 See 62-Across ... and an acronym of the starts of 20-, 37- and 48-Across
DOWN
1 Bowls over 2 Mayberry tyke 3 Turner of “The Postman Always Rings Twice” (1946) 4 Took to the sky 5 Stereotypical cracker requester 6 Chew the scenery 7 Grab a bite 8 Grey Goose rival 9 Takes chances with a radar trap 10 Art class form 11 Long verse 12 Sans clothing 13 German automaker 21 Daytime TV mogul 22 One who shuns all animal products 25 Raid victim 26 Writer Zola 27 Eiffel Tower city 28 Extremely 29 Disney deer 30 Investments for the future: Abbr. 31 Relocates 32 Accordion fold 33 “Tess of the d’Urbervilles” author Thomas 35 Candy sold in pairs 36 Restore to health 38 44th president 39 Bygone anesthetic 44 Brunch cocktail 45 Doesn’t play fair 46 Madison Ave. figures 47 RCA product 48 TV “angel” Cheryl who replaced Farrah Fawcett 49 Jai __ 50 Gram 51 Hitchhiker’s hope 52 Model Heidi 53 Dapper fellows? 54 “Dies __”: hymn 55 Vena __: major blood line 56 Texter’s sign off