CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Stay in the big house 10 Beach pretender 15 [Yawn] 16 Many a Studio Ghibli film 17 Fund for incidentals 18 Character who dances on the beach at Stavros 19 Supporting 20 Evil skill 22 Talbot Jr. or Sr. on “Rectify” 23 Obstacles on the set 25 Confident response to “Your opponent is ready” 26 Funeral rite heap 27 Poet Thomas 29 “Baby Blues” baby 30 Maranjab Desert country 31 Empty out badly? 33 Repertoire 35 Skeleton’s place? 38 Do maintenance on, as a putting green 39 Card carrier 41 Convene 42 Chill (with) 43 Kate of “House of Cards” 45 Grouses 49 Welding sparks 50 Better 52 Tar on the ocean 53 Compete 54 Like free-range chickens 56 West of Tinseltown 57 Country album? 59 History buff’s artifacts 61 Tearful queen 62 Big brother, often 63 First chips 64 Chaotic places

DOWN

1 Nursed 2 Zip 3 Overhaul the plant 4 Old hand 5 Dessert company founded in 1928 6 Shells from stands 7 Sequentially 8 It runs in the shower 9 Short-lived things 10 Indistinct 11 Noted resident of The Dakota in Manhattan 12 Singer? 13 Pale order 14 Tone down 21 Washes out 24 South Seas cover-ups 26 They’re beaten at parties 28 Intrusive 32 Tough guy’s exhortation 34 Church of country 35 Allergy sufferer’s choice 36 Legendary court figure 37 Mine carriers 40 “As if!” 42 Caribbean city with cocotaxis 44 German chancellor Merkel 46 City west of Baghdad 47 Mercury, e.g. 48 Bargains beyond belief 51 Teammate of Mariano for 19 years 54 Exploits 55 Small change 58 #16, familiarly 60 Booking agent?