Crossword

ACROSS

1 Employer of Detective Lindsay Boxer in a series of James Patterson novels 5 Fragrance since 1932 9 Aviary sound 12 Santa ___, Calif. 13 “Point taken,” ’60s-style 14 Title partner of Hobbs in a hit 2019 film 15 Reactions to social media posts? 18 Wizard 19 Animation stack 20 “I strongly advise against that” 21 Breeds of hunting dogs? 26 Not legally immune 27 “Head for the hills!” 28 Do a home ec assignment 29 E.N.T. case 30 Depart from a straight line 32 Techie or Trekkie 33 Boxing champs of the 1960s-’70s? 36 Tony Blair, for the U.K. 39 Apothecary’s unit 40 “In Old Mexico” or “In Old Santa Fe” 44 It’s trained in music school 45 An indispensable ingredient in the elixir of life, per Lao-tzu 46 Domination, in slang 47 Things that scouts earn badges for? 51 Target for holistic healing 52 Stand taken by a speaker? 53 First cellular co. to offer service nationwide 54 Cows’ various glands? 58 Paris network 59 Davidson of “S.N.L.” 60 Like pipes, again and again 61 Country where the cellphone was developed: Abbr. 62 Port SSE of the Suez Canal 63 Where a batter eventually goes to the plate?

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1 2 3 4 caution condition Partition Fool’s Prefix Govt. lawyers gold? with or 5 6 confusion Fork Throw foursome into 7 and Sequence 1’s of 0’s 8 “What a stomachchurning thought!” 9 Takeout option 10 Where a yellow ribbon is tied in a 1973 #1 hit 11 Be attributable (to) 12 Preferred variety of stock 14 Part of a schedule 16 Unit of an estate 17 Heaven on earth 22 Letter-shaped construction piece 23 Airline of 61-Across 24 Part of a weightlifter’s routine 25 Parrot’s cry 30 Like many antebellum mansions 31 Down-to-earth fig. 32 Jumbo 34 “Here’s an ___ …” 35 John Wayne Birthplace Museum locale 36 Cry upon opening a hospital bill, maybe 37 Heavens on earth 38 More selfsatisfied 41 Portmanteau fruit 42 “Travel” for a bigheaded person 43 Second-grade offering? 45 Bygone monarch 46 Very 48 Very, abroad 49 Whom Italians call “il Sommo Poeta” 50 Expand 54 Ocean State sch. 55 Cruise ship amenity 56 Prefix with lateral or lingual 57 “I suppose that’s kinda funny”

PUZZLE BY JAKE HALPERIN