Today's crossword
ACROSS
1 Humble home 4 Guest speaker’s
platform
8 One of Santa’s
reindeer
14 Sense of self 15 Labor agcy. 16 Protect in glass,
say
17 *Capital letter
creator 19 Legendary Kentucky basketball coach Rupp
20 __ Angeles Guitar
Quartet
21 “Now I get it!” 23 Ma’s ma 24 Bygone Russian
space station 25 *Group that plays
in foursomes 28 Danced to “La
cumparsita,” say 30 Chip’s partner 31 Bullion bars 32 Raison d’__ 33 Singer Sumac 36 *Say something that doesn’t need to be said
39 Head cover 40 Peek
41 Duration
42 Bravo preceder 43 Able to feel 44 *Classic Motown hit about a wedding ring 48 Covert __
49 “This seems
bad!”
50 NBA legend Ming 51 “It’s __-win
situation”
52 Walks leisurely 55 Playground fixture, or an apt description of the beginnings of the starred clues 59 Christie sleuth
Hercule 60 Panache
61 Corn serving 62 Burnout cause 63 “Auld Lang __” 64 Oinker’s pen
DOWN
1 Steers and rams
By Bill Thompson
2 Cry of disgust 3 Working hard on 4 Morse Code
components
5 All one has to do,
sometimes 6 “Rumor has it ... “7 Be friendly, in a
way
8 Narc’s org.
9 Plus 10 Wall-mounted
light
11 Prepared in accordance with Muslim law 12 College sports
channel 13 Post-injury
regimen
18 Had a memory
lapse 22 Supplement
24 __ ray: tropical
swimmer
25 Most well-to-do 26 Difficult to
understand 27 Vegas natural 28 Mrs. Addams, to
Gomez
29 Verdi opera with Desdemona and Iago 32 “A mouse!” 33 Asanas 34 Mixed breeds 35 Tennis legend
Arthur 37 Composer
Carmichael 38 Joyous way to
break out 42 Cling (to)
43 __ but surely 44 Speed
deterrents 45 Give __: care 46 Polite denial 47 Fertile desert
spots
51 “The Accidental Tourist” novelist Tyler
53 Some “Rocky”
dialogue 54 GPS lines 56 Actor McKellen 57 “Mangia!” 58 Give it a go