Crossword Puzzle 1
ACROSS
1 Adopted gradually, with “in” 7 Sandpiper family birds 13 One of two sound recommendations for a light sleeper? 15 Shunned one 16 African Queen, for one 17 “Don’t doubt my abilities!” 18 January temps, often 19 Do lunch? 21 London’s __ Gardens 22 Longtime senator Thurmond 23 Battery parts 25 History 26 Short on manners 27 Fraternal order 31 Coil in a garden 32 Prepares for takeoff 34 Extravagant 38 Lot 39 Buttonhole 40 Function 41 Campus figure 42 Storytelling singer Guthrie 43 Declared 47 Like some ornate doorways 50 Fixes tears 51 Firepit residue 54 Speak publicly 55 Advice from colleagues, say 56 With 58-Across, savory base for a canapé ... and the function of a black square in four puzzle rows? 58 See 56-Across 60 Afternoon service 61 One held for ransom 62 Force (upon) 63 Allowed paid use of
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1 Pre-euro coin 2 Critics who can’t be pleased 3 Childish denial 4 Jerk, e.g. 5 West __: upscale store 6 Sufficient grounds for action, in law 7 Used bugs, perhaps 8 Shell material 9 Rollover acronym 10 __ lady: gin and grenadine cocktail 11 Fluency 12 Make an appearance 14 Starbucks size 18 Baking powder amt. 20 Sock part 24 Hot message 26 Beat decisively 28 Lucy of “Kill Bill” 29 Tennis great Rosewall 30 Orlando-to-Miami dir. 31 Main bases: Abbr. 32 Deere rival 33 Ararat craft 34 Shoddy 35 Top player 36 TV pioneer 37 Actress Chaplin 38 Utter nonsense 40 Deplorable sort 42 “Eureka!” 43 Some decafs 44 Lanvin scent since 1927 45 Accustomed (to) 46 Summer hrs. 48 Blush wines 49 Minos’ kingdom 50 Formal decrees 51 When Lear disowns Cordelia 52 Young passenger on the 33-Down 53 Rattletrap 57 Spanish “that” 59 Enzyme suffix