Crossword

ACROSS

1 Buy in quantity 8 Places of rapid growth 15 Commiserate 16 One taking the prize 17 Evidential standard 19 Old Egyptian symbol of royalty 20 Former Defense secretary who wrote “Worthy Fights” 21 __ scan 22 Pronoun not heard as often as it should be 24 2016 presidential candidate 25 British art house 26 Player over 21, perhaps 28 Common base 29 __ Hebrides 30 Large beer mugs 32 Ones in their 40s, e.g. 34 Crime scene barrier 35 Squeezed (out) 36 Greet warmly 39 One convinced by a drive 42 Chekov’s first name on “Star Trek” 43 #4 at Boston

Garden 45 “__ Got Mail” 46 Said yes to 47 Monty Python

product 49 Trickle 50 Kricfalusi

cartoon canine 51 Taking away 53 Sign at a popular

play 54 Foil-wrapped treats 57 Winner of the Breaking News Reporting Pulitzer for 2016, briefly 58 Most loaded 59 Exam involving reading letters 60 Chicken requests

DOWN

1 Hard-to-read words 2 Ballerina’s footwear 3 Happy way to end 4 IRA options 5 Surgeon general

under Reagan 6 __ nerve 7 A toy piano is

often seen in it 8 Uncertain 9 Have because of 10 Cry with a

flourish 11 Main man 12 More than just stabs 13 Con, half the time 14 They may be Irish 18 Neuwirth of “Cheers” 23 Got the gold, say 25 Black-tie wear 27 Turn back 29 In tune 31 Pastoral expanse 33 Sea scavenger 36 Trivia quiz website 37 What some do while the sun shines? 38 Rigging support 39 Words of wisdom 40 Hillary’s conquest 41 Announces again, in a way 44 Heart 47 Two-time US Open winner 48 Hindu ascetic 51 Cooking apple named for an Ohio township 52 Minute parasites 55 Op. __ 56 Doo-wop syllable