Crossword

ACROSS

1 Epithet 6 Econ. indicators 10 Sp. title 14 Loud item in a

closet

16 Easily manipulated type

17 Study

buddies, often 18 Natl. law group whose “M” is largely obsolete 19 Picnic serving 20 Prandial

pokers

21 Cool veggies? 22 Café de __: Mexican drink brewed in a pot 23 Arduous

tasks

25 Like some premium services 28 Scrapped 31 On the offensive, legally

32 It’s not a side

road

33 Skin lotion

brand 34 Stopping at a

KOA, say 35 Fall place 36 Doubts 38 Some shared

rides 39 Excites 40 Fictitious 18th-century autobiographer 41 Mighty Dump

Truck maker 42 Hold-up

group? 43 Like some

milk, alas 45 Watch with a webcam, perhaps 47 Impromptu

speech fillers 50 Italy’s Lake __ 51 “How many licks does it take ... ?” treat 53 Jackie’s

designer 54 Overwhelms 55 Lean and

muscular 56 Capital on a

fjord

57 Up one day, down the next

DOWN

1 Spike 2 Ragù __ Bolognese 3 Leaner alternative to pork 4 “What?” utterances

5 Anchor’s responsibility 6 Akufo-Addo’s land 7 Marquee evening 8 Continuous newsroom operations 9 Familiar gp. of 50 10 Facetious metaphor for a difficult situation 11 Mountain dangers

12 Big volume 13 They didn’t

stop Hannibal 15 Alfred E. Neuman feature

21 Bop on the

bean

22 Aptly named jazz work co-written by Charlie “Bird” Parker 24 When repeated, acclaimed Chinese pianist 25 “I’m here to

help” 26 Expected 27 Inexperienced

one

28 Legal orders 29 Two before

marzo

30 Fog word 32 Pilots start

them 34 Twice-baked

bread 37 Squirt 38 Metal named for a planet

40 Not pleased 42 In half 43 Shallows craft 44 Social science

course, briefly 46 Gene __ 47 Prom style,

often 48 Turned some

ground 49 Active 51 Ontariobased music gp.

52 Selfdescribed “nonmusician” Brian