Quick Crossword

Across

1 “Miracle on the Hudson” investigation gp.

5 Venom holder

8 Grads of Cornell’s Johnson

Sch.

12 Kerfuffle

13 Quartet quarter?

14 Six-ton predator

15 Pride seekers’ lids

17 LeBlanc who played Joey on

“Friends”

18 Texter’s approval

20 Cutesy answer to “How do you

say that in Spanish?” 21 Uncoupled?

24 Zebras on a field

27 Classic muscle cars

29 Senator Ben who wrote “The

Vanishing American Adult” 30 N.L. West team

31 Type of cable, briefly

32 Shade for a lifeguard 33 Defensive lines

35 Dries, in a way

36 Sometimes unattainable maxima

37 Sticky situation

38 2010 World Cup host: Abbr. 39 Origins

40 Bass part

41 It gives you the big picture 42 Title partner of “me” in a 1972

Billy Paul #1 hit

44 Blade in a shell

46 Metaphor for confidentiality

popularized in a 1960s sitcom 51 Type of jacket

53 Shallot relative

54 Card in Clue

55 Ancient site of an iconic tree 56 Command posts

57 Is behind, maybe

58 Kid-__: tots’ TV fare

59 Sailing

Down

1 Legendary wildlife conservationist

2 Block in the kitchen

3 Humbles

4 Fodder for unfriendly trades 5 Speaker’s spot

6 Takes up, perhaps

7 Short bar order 8 High-waisted garb, stereotypically

9 Play with ideas

10 Do one’s part?

11 Couldn’t stand?

12 Prez who had no VP in his first

term

13 Chinese pork dish word 16 Squares, e.g.

19 [Shrug]

22 Olympics chant

23 Ricoh camera brand

24 “To Kill a Mockingbird” theme 25 Heavy surf, e.g.

26 Obsolescent emergency exit 28 Coll. exam graders, at times 31 Charles of Watergate infamy 32 Skirt alternative

34 Some corny humor

35 Have something

37 Common jam ingredient? 40 Scotty’s “Star Trek: TNG”

counterpart

41 Cara and Ryan

43 Much of Israel

45 Island reception 47 D.C. VIP

48 Ancient Memphis setting 49 Food __: after-eating drowsiness

50 3/8 of nineteen? 51 Questlove’s do

52 Dirty