QUICK CROSSWORD

Across

1 Author Allende

7 Counter proposals?

14 Still ahead

15 2003 disaster movie about a

mission to Earth’s center 16 Disneyland’s Golden Horseshoe is one

17 Mr. Rogers catchword

18 Car loan figs.

19 Leaf pore

21 Tolkien being

22 Champagne with a diaeresis 23 Lion, say

24 Govt. securities

27 Handy program

28 Suggests to the palate

30 Join forces

32 Help a vacationing friend,

maybe

36 Old news source

37 No WNBA players

38 Clam or lobster

39 Crunchy cantina fare 41 Became one company 42 Rockford’s home

44 Include in the mix

45 Court rival of Roger

48 Iraq War danger: Abbr.

49 Hub near de Gaulle 50 Broadway’s Burrows 51 Crystal-lined rock 53 Chesapeake delicacy

54 Pull out all the stops 57 Perspicacious

59 Prince of Darkness

60 Midday nap

61 Trips taken mostly in the dark 62 Leash

Down

1 Tinder notice

2 Show labeled for its early

sponsors

3 Fix for an injured knee 4 Increase

5 Broody rock genre

6 Blank photo cause 7 Couple of People 8 Massage technique 9 Race stage

10 Hamburger beef?

11 Prize founder 12 Like some humor

13 Russia’s Alexander II emancipated them in 1861 17 Disclaimer for sounds-absurdbut-it’s-real news content 20 Many Ph.D. candidates 25 Supervisors

26 Lead-in to bad news

28 Symbol of slowness

29 Ages and ages

31 Press and such 33 Consequence of too much

sweetness?

34 Refreshing coffeehouse order 35 Focus of a former Florida museum that featured a Hug Club

37 2006 Verizon acquisition 40 Expended

41 Region of long-frustrated

peace efforts

43 Its Jan. 2018 additions include

“hangry” and “mansplain” 45 Abandoned party

46 Where the stars are 47 Rank

49 G7, before Russia’s suspension

52 Farm girls

55 La Liga cheer

56 Yorkie’s group designation 58 “Sprechen __ Deutsch?”