Crossword

ACROSS

1 Evening hrs. 4 Actor LaBeouf 8 Like ganders 12 — de cologne 13 Bean curd 14 Tend texts 15 Detour, perhaps 17 Lariat 18 Without a contract 19 Wall climber 21 Somewhat (suff.)

22 Serenader’s

song

26 Gators’ kin

29 Diner order

30 Flamenco

cheer

31 Towel word

32 Average guy

33 Russian

council

34 Chemical suffix 35 Fortify

36 Peony part

37 Comment

39 D.C. figure

40 “Homeland” org. 41 Untie

45 Mafia boss

48 Truck stop

locale

50 Latin love

51 Work hard

52 Bumped into

53 Sunup

54 First-rate

55 Connections

DOWN

1 Mexican money 2 Primary 3 Bath bubbles 4 Emphasize 5 Moonshine 6 “— tree falls ...” 7 Within earshot

8 Streep of “The Post”

9 Hubbub

10 Sass

11 Tours season

16 Grand stories 20 Cistern

23 Lummox

24 Mater lead-in

25 Transaction

26 Blacken on a grill 27 Painter Magritte

28 Utah city

29 “— voyage!”

32 Capital of

Indonesia

33 Apollo’s

birthplace

35 X-ray’s cousin 36 Curly-haired dog 38 Future oak

39 Unadorned 42 — Valley, Calif. 43 Idyllic place 44 Tennis

barriers

45 Scoundrel

46 Docs’ org.

47 “Wham!”

49 Odometer start