Today’s Crossword
ACROSS 1 Qualifier for a hall entry? 5 Excuse descriptor 9 Med. recordings 13 Over, in much Twain dialogue 14 “__ my way” 15 Relatives of windsocks 17 Hugo character memorably portrayed by Charles Laughton 19 Fuming 20 Uncle __ 21 Risk pieces 22 Type of large TV 23 With 36- and 44-Across, what 17-Across might have said when his job became too repetitious? 26 Sitarist Shankar 28 Metal sources 29 Important part of a whale’s diet 31 Feigned 33 Many an IRS employee 36 See 23-Across 39 “Got it now?” 40 Parts of Walmart work uniforms 41 Frodo’s home, with “the” 42 Gentlemen 43 Actor Omar 44 See 23-Across 51 Lengthy account 52 Participate in a race, maybe 53 Fluoride-touting org. 56 Blazing 57 17-Across’s workplace 59 Problems electric razors should prevent 60 Avoid getting into deep water? 61 “Lobster Telephone” artist 62 “__ who?” 63 Monthly Roman calendar occurrences 64 Turned yellow, perhaps
DOWN 1 Customer info sources 2 Lago contents 3 ’80s cop show featuring Ferraris 4 USN rank 5 Keep in check 6 Merged gas company 7 Auto datum 8 Brian of music 9 What superheroes seek to thwart 10 Gold fineness units 11 Grind 12 “They __ up!”: scapegoat’s cry 16 Alteration target 18 Infamous Amin 22 Intrinsically 24 Rank partner 25 Doesn’t do much 26 Classic movie theaters 27 “Alfred” composer 30 Red state? 31 Broadway choreographer for “Chicago” 32 PC key 33 Cuts into, with “at” 34 Cop’s collar 35 Iowa college town 37 Jones or Gilliam of Monty Python 38 Passé pronoun 42 Impertinent in tone 44 PBS “Mystery!” host Cumming 45 LP players 46 Erie Canal city 47 More than fear 48 Circumflex cousin 49 Doesn’t do much 50 Satisfied 54 Editor’s mark 55 Like much of New Mexico 57 Md. airport serving D.C. 58 Not quite right