Today’s Crossword

ACROSS

1 Garden lure

10 Prefix meaning “coil”

15 It straddles the border of two western states 16 Brass, for one 17 Closing question 18 Subjects for

reviewers

19 Kind of gravel

20 What some glasses

lack

21 Observed visiting 22 Break off loudly 23 Write the wrong

number on, perhaps 24 Legal option 27 Warning after using

an iron

28 AL East squad

29 __ space

30 Glove material 31 Speech interruptions 32 Work to get 33 Support on the

way up

34 Cookout choice 35 Modicum

36 One of a nursery rhyme trio

37 Most successful African-American PGA golfer before Woods 38 Custom finish? 39 Made it up 40 Follow 41 Armadas on the road 43 Turnovers, e.g. 44 Take out

45 Shot in the dark 46 Clicking sound? 49 “Battlestar Galactica” commander

50 One who’s no fun to play with 52 Showed up 53 Bicycle tire feature 54 Discharge

55 Tiny arboreal amphibians DOWN 1 Indication of an offense

2 Take a little off 3 Many of its products are named for Scandinavian places 4 Mountain __

5 Hardly transitory 6 Like much flower

symmetry

7 Defeat decisively 8 Quite a stretch

9 One who does a waggle dance 10 Sensitive health class subject

11 Practiced diligently 12 Sulky

13 It’s often used to

make paste 14 Traditional Christmas Eve dish for some 21 Traffic stopper, at times 22 Tailored

23 Power source 24 Elastic wrap brand 25 Herbivore named for its habitat

26 List on a ticket

27 In the cards 30 Takes an interest in 33 Revolutionary pamphleteer

34 Top

36 Far from subtle 37 High-tech communications portmanteau 40 Feel a strong need (for)

42 Rest area array 43 Made off with 45 Use an updraft, say 46 Old movie dog 47 Be mindful of 48 Administrative branches

50 Low mil. rank 51 Granada bear