Crossword

ACROSS

1 Clear of trees 6 Smack-dab 11 Sushi fish 14 ___ shirt (colorful garment) 15 Musical instrument almost anyone can play 16 Joined 17 Third-stringer 18 1973 Jim Croce hit 20 Extremely, in slang 22 “Desperate Housewives” co-star 23 J’s value in Words With Friends 24 “Lux” composer of 2012 26 Rack sites 27 Samples some, as beer or wine 29 Pro wrestling star John 31 “Awesome, dude” 32 One of Popeye’s foes 34 Sight on a rack 37 One radio format 38 Surrounding area 39 One way to play it 40 Self starter? 41 V8 component 42 About 43 Lamarr of old Hollywood 44 Protractedly 46 Poet Conrad 49 What “-” may represent in a Google search 50 “___ uncle” 51 It often features an “X” 55 Four-time winner of the Masters 57 Accelerate a vehicle suddenly 59 iPhone rival 61 Atmospheric pollution meas. 62 Bump, in pokerspeak 63 ___ flask (lab container) 64 Something credited to a pitcher 65 Bar in court 66 Young lad

DOWN

1 “___ Rheingold” 2 Tightwads 3 Field of “CSI” 4 Synagogue 5 Some addenda in research papers 6 Go downhill in a hurry? 7 Beep 8 Sea of ___ (arm of the Black Sea) 9 ___ bene 10 Concur 11 Up on stuff 12 Leave no way out for 13 “Intelligence … is really a kind of taste — taste in ___”: Susan Sontag 19 Salmon variety 21 Ouzo flavorer 23 “Voilà!” 25 Aboveboard 28 Cry of dismay 29 “Wisest and justest of all the centaurs,” in Greek myth 30 “Slow down, big fella” 33 Abbr. on a GPS screen 34 Easily … and a hint to four answers in this puzzle 35 Like a sizable proportion of Caribbeans, ethnically 36 Wee 39 Confession topic 41 Public rebuke 43 When repeated, a cry of approval 45 Unable to agree 46 Attorneys ___ 47 Neighbor of a Syrian 48 Record, as data 52 Degrees many execs for 53 Slightly 54 Capital of Colombia 56 Treat with a Thins variety 58 Account exec 60 Having less vermouth than the norm

PUZZLE BY JOE DIPIETRO