Quick Crossword

ACROSS

1 A Coen brother

5 College stat

8 Large mop

12 “Free Willy” whale

13 Place for experiments

14 Musical ensemble

15 Words from Scrooge

16 Spooky, maybe

17 Perform again

18 Unlucky gambler

20 Put one’s two cents in

22 Creeping vine

23 1960s style

24 Flood barrier

27 Adorn

30 Books pro

31 Med. personnel

32 Mail code

34 Insult, slangily

35 Collection of tales

37 Sum total

38 Quit

40 Like a stale joke

42 Drop bait on water

43 Gleeful cry

44 Fire starter

46 Fakes out, on the rink

49 — vera lotion

50 ET vehicle

52 Stripe

54 Andes nation

55 Midwest st.

56 Romantic deity

57 Kids

58 Woolly one

59 Evergreens

DOWN

1 Daily work

2 — hygiene

3 Canyon effect

4 Dog star?

5 Fame

6 Water lily leaf

7 Trunk part

8 Long step

9 Brown bird

10 — -de-camp

11 Jeer

19 First lady?

21 Seed containers

24 Arith. term

25 Sweeping, as a story

26 Bouquet holder

27 Metal fastener

28 Ivan or Nicholas

29 Potter’s oven

33 Go back and forth

35 Mighty — — oak

36 Far-out planet

39 “Ciao” and “Aloha”

40 Ernesto Guevara

41 Deadeye Annie

43 Hacienda brick

44 Type of market

45 Tennyson’s title

47 Patrick’s

domain

48 Winter precip

49 NYC dwelling

51 Just a handful

53 Curve shape