CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Prickly case 4 Retired flier 7 Wombat relatives 13 Pittsburgh-to-Scranton dir. 14 School gp. 15 “Hannity” airer 16 Loser 18 Thoughtful guys? 19 *Idle 21 Crow 22 Protein producer 23 “Eldorado” rockers 26 Communiqué segue 27 *Athlete’s timeout on a hot day 31 “Holy cow” 32 Extinct New Zealanders 33 Court call 34 *Maestro’s signals 37 “Amadeus” director Forman 40 Sushi kitchen supply 41 Albanian coin 44 *Returned 47 See 20-Down 48 “Go on ... ” 49 In shape 50 Lively French dance 51 “Nice” expression ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues 55 Group that’s mostly secretaries 58 Protein that allows skin to stretch or contract 59 Monstrous 60 Get into 61 Time to prepare 62 Scarcity 63 Marienbad, for one 64 Census datum

DOWN

1 Dorm room seat 2 Let free 3 Put another way 4 Nautical pole 5 “South Park” boy 6 Pungency 7 Big bear 8 Big bovines 9 Course for Crusoe?: Abbr. 10 The Eagle, briefly 11 Amazement 12 81-yr.-old ID 15 Musical Apple 17 Quite 20 With 47-Across, in a drop-dead gorgeous outfit 23 LAX posting 24 “Malcolm X” director 25 “Catch-22” pilot 27 Fluffy accessory 28 Double-crosser 29 Blows away 30 Prince Valiant’s son 32 Dovetail 34 __ choy 35 Sandra who was the first to play “Gidget” 36 Dated 37 CEO’s degree 38 McKellen of “X-Men” 39 TV screen type 41 Ties surgically 42 Hard to pin down 43 Soft tissue 45 From the top 46 Beethoven’s __ 47 White wine apéritifs 50 Ivory Coast neighbor 51 Bleacher feature 52 Ton, for one 53 Govt. enforcers 54 Fall, as into a chair 55 Whiting cousin 56 Sensitive subject, to some 57 Source of support