Quick Crossword

Across

1 Curve on a slalom, e.g. 4 Frugal folks 10 Sea devastated by irrigation

projects 14 “Something tells __ should’ve

stayed in bed” 15 Brunch staple 16 Walk worriedly 17 Super-fun experience 19 Tolkien beasts 20 Concrete strengtheners 21 German auto pioneer 23 Junior or senior 24 Certain baby tiger 26 Grandmotherly type 29 Sarge’s superior 30 Stand behind 34 Rural stopover 35 Cramming three seasons into

a weekend, say 39 A pop 40 Contemptuous one 41 Wolf pack member 44 Natural night lights 48 Salsa percussion instrument 52 Crowe’s “A Beautiful Mind”

role 53 Remove field heat from be

fore storage, as crops 54 Japanese faith 56 Like cotton candy 57 Securing strap 59 Owned 60 Horseshoes score 61 Short-lived obsession 62 Neighborhood 63 Make certain 64 Trout lure

Down

1 Developmental stage 2 Sargasso wriggler 3 Nautical stage name of come

dian David Adkins 4 Lemony cocktail 5 Rock concert gear 6 Zoo staffer 7 Slur over 8 Hire a new crew for 9 “Shrek!” author William 10 Historic Harlem theater 11 Treasury collectible 12 Accumulating, as interest 13 “__ Miz” 18 Source of tomatoes for home

made sauce 22 Bad beginning? 24 “Iron Chef Showdown” host

Alton 25 “Big” London attraction 27 ESL part: Abbr. 28 Citrus drinks 31 “Is This Love” singer Corinne

Bailey __ 32 Power source 33 Sandy-colored 35 1940s jazzman 36 Totalitarian control 37 Naval pronoun 38 Having a twist 39 Happy hour site 42 It may form the outline for a

meeting’s minutes 43 Front-of-bk. list 45 Skedaddled 46 Celestial 47 Substandard 49 Paso __: two-step dance 50 City where Joan of Arc died 51 Arm bones 54 Crystal ball reader 55 Where you are, on a mall map 56 __ Na Na 58 Bearded grazer