Quick Crossword

Across

1 Bay Area force: Abbr.

5 Leaves at the altar

10 News story opening

14 Words with bow or knot 15 Eye-boggling work 16 Foreboding sign

17 *The opportunity to be successful again

20 Defunct luxury New York department store

21 Chinese leader who said,

“Women hold up half the sky” 22 Ruby, for one

23 Admission of deceit

24 *”I’d do the same thing again” 26 Swedish soprano Jenny 27 Beast with tusks

29 Color tones

30 Natl. population, e.g.

31 Swiss high point

32 Director Craven

33 *”Stupid superstition,” for one 39 Like some jokes

40 + or - particle

41 “You betcha”

43 Jones of the Monkees 45 “Ultimate Driving Machine”

vehicles

46 Soccer immortal

47 *”Don’t be so oblivious” 49 Propose, as a theory 50 Musician Yoko

51 Stick in a boat

52 Capital of Georgia (the country)

54 Evening with the kids, or when the ends of the answers to starred clues might be played 57 New Haven collegians

58 Raze

59 Friend’s pronoun

60 Like creamy desserts

61 “__ you sweet!”

62 Nos. on an airport board

Down

1 Unmoving Calder work 2 Last round contestant 3 Scrutinize using, as a microscope

4 Became clear to, with “on” 5 Baby marsupial

6 Some beers: Abbr. 7 __ Vegas

8 Quake aftershock

9 Brown ermine

10 “OMG, funny!”

11 Asylum seeker

12 Postpones

13 Foe

18 Headed up

19 Grabs a snack

24 When toddlers snooze

25 Cast out

27 Data transmission unit

28 Cry after un gol

32 Carries the day

34 Bright star

35 Ethylene __: antifreeze 36 “That’s big news!” 37 Optometrist’s concern 38 Completely enjoyed

42 Small sizes

43 North America’s highest peak 44 Type of energy or reactor 45 Backyard barbecue staple 46 Considerate

47 One picking up the staff lunch

order, perhaps 48 Clapton classic 49 Wrestler’s goal 52 Feds under Ness 53 Sing (out) loudly 55 Kinda

56 Latin greeting