CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Gives in to gravity 5 Annoying little kids 9 Hunter’s plastic duck, e.g. 14 Clear off the road, as snow 15 Actress Gilbert of “The Conners” 16 Make amends 17 What “Ten-hut!” is short for 19 Income __ 20 *Do business shrewdly 22 Tidy up 23 “__ you kidding?” 24 Off-the-wall 27 Walmart warehouse club 28 *Murmur lovingly 32 Muslim mystic 33 Lake near Carson City 34 *Basic experimentation method 39 Sea item sold by 39-Down, in a tongue-twister 40 Say no to 41 *Like a typical walking stride 44 Bygone Japanese audio brand 48 Conclusion 49 Boardroom VIP 50 The Lone __ 52 Compromising standpoint ... and what the answers to starred clues contain? 55 Deck alternative 58 Belittle 59 17-syllable Japanese poem 60 Suffix with major 61 Auth. unknown 62 Desert retreats 63 Monica’s brother on “Friends” 64 German thinker Immanuel

DOWN

1 Reproduces salmon like 2 __ Gibson, first African-American to win a Grand Slam tennis title 3 Pep rally cheer 4 Candy and such 5 Turkey’s largest city 6 Principal 7 Spur to action 8 Beach footwear 9 Job of typing in facts and figures 10 List-shortening abbr. 12 11 Courteney played “Friends” Single Monica who on 18 13 “By Phillies’ all means!” div. 21 Significant stretch of time 24 Twice cuatro 25 Way in 26 Forest female 29 “__ tree falls in the forest ... ” 30 High-end chocolatier 31 __ es Salaam 32 Lustful 34 At that time 35 Oboe or clarinet 36 Not feeling well 37 __ volente: God willing 38 39 42 43 44 45 Vigorous to work See Nancy beau Walk Arctic Exotic put 39-Across feebly jacket into lizard Drew’s qualities one’s kept 46 47 51 as Was Passionate Buenos a pet happening Aires’ 52 country: Karaoke often ends Abbr. prop in “c” that 53 nowadays Jared of “Dallas Buyers Club” 54 Tolkien creatures 55 Vietnamese soup 56 Small battery 57 “__ the season ... ”