Quick Crossword

ACROSS

1 Floor

4 Slimy

8 Hear a case

11 Departed quickly

12 Clay target sport

14 Application

15 Weep

16 Spiteful

17 Water-power org.

18 Tropical melon

20 Political upsets

22 Almost-grads

23 This, in Latin

24 Garlic juicer

27 Unruly mob

31 State, in Paris

32 Fictional rafter

33 Agent, for short

34 Matter, in law

35 Fall mo.

36 One, in Berlin

37 Fine homes

39 Invited

40 Stroke

41 Some M.D.s

42 Columbus’ port

45 Venomous snakes

48 Gobbled up

49 Scoundrel

51 Package shipper

53 Hagen of “The Other”

54 Warning signal

55 Prickle

56 Lick up

57 Pole explorer

58 Time period

DOWN

1 Equator segment

2 Distort

3 New Age singer

4 Coveted awards

5 Approves 6 Sweater letter 7 Up till now 8 “Swan Lake” costume

9 Host’s plea 10 Roll call votes 13 Wealthy

industrialist 19 Discreet

summons 21 Harvest

moon mo. 23 Slight

indication 24 Pierre’s

parent

25 AAA suggestions 26 Sunrise

direction 27 Slashes 28 Viking name 29 Actress —

Russo

30 Went quickly 32 Units of

measure 35 Beefeaters’ fare 36 Latin I verb 38 PFC mail drop 39 Tack on 41 Contributor 42 Old Roman

province 43 James or Kett

44 Tide type 45 Deviate 46 Hayseed 47 Goad

50 Pen point 52 Mexican Mrs.