Today’s Crossword
ACROSS
1 Asian priests 6 Miso base 11 Zodiac critter 14 Town house, e.g. 15 How gourmands enjoy their food 17 Complain, “Don’t I get anything to do around here?”? 19 Distressed sort? 20 Medium for much body art 21 Crop planter 23 Slants 24 Compensation for an incomplete sundae? 28 European luxury vehicles 29 Atari release of 1972 30 Twaddle 33 Rock quarry unit 34 River feeder 36 It may involve cold calls 37 Air-conditioning sound 38 Territory east of the Philippines 39 Dance performed with passion 40 When a restaurant offers its weekly mushroom specials? 43 Witless sorts 46 Water nymph 47 Diarist Nin 48 Heads or tails 51 “It’s party time!” ... or a hint to 17-, 24- and 40-Across 56 2003 best-selling nutritional self-help book 57 Raring to go 58 Furtive 59 x, in math 60 Condition
DOWN
1 Any Boy Scout 2 Not up 3 NYC cultural attraction 4 Tracy/Hepburn classic 5 Burglar alarm devices 6 Electronic telemarketing tool 7 Big initials in bowling 8 Dallas campus: abbr. 9 Chick magnet? 10 Making slow progress 11 Jockey controls 12 Isolated 13 Birds that may babble 16 Stand (one) in good __: be useful to 18 Like a meadow in the morning 22 One taking things back? 23 Balderdash 24 Fives and tens, say 25 Netflix competitor 26 Dutch export 27 Rock’s __ Fighters 30 31-Down environment 31 Bit of 30-Down life 32 Bit of subterfuge 34 Backyard cookout supply 35 Car wash item 36 Leased, with “on” 38 Crime drama sound effect 39 Psychological wounds 40 Pass off (on) 41 Runs out 42 Baklava dough 43 Bulls and bucks 44 Retired NBA center 45 Like shabby old clothes 49 Mennen lotion 50 “... prologue to the history of __ and foul thoughts”: Iago 52 Ring legend 53 Get-up-and-go 54 Big night 55 TV’s “Science Guy”