Crossword

ACROSS

1 Med. recording 4 Type sizes 9 “__, then ... ” 13 __ Post: Nassau County, N.Y. school 14 Spectacle 15 Haunted house

sound 16 Letters on a communications corp. logo 17 *Dog that really

needs a bath? 19 The Gray Lady of

the press: Abbr. 20 Exile of 1979 21 Els on greens 22 *Donkey that has mastered the hurdles? 26 AB negative, among blood types 27 Cockpit no. 28 Prepared 29 Big Ben feature 30 Odysseus’

faithful dog 32 *Holiday employment schedule in “Animal Farm”? 39 Friend of

d’Artagnan 40 Unsullied 41 One-fifth of MD 44 Swindle 45 Any Beatle, say 47 *Offer to acquire

a rising agent? 51 Give one final

flicker 52 Greatly reduced

sea 53 Old possessive 55 When required ... or a terse hint to solving the starred clues 58 Where Simone Biles won four golds 59 Welsh actor

Roger 60 Subway

entrance 61 Lake Mich. state 62 Criteria: Abbr. 63 Thompson of

“Creed” 64 Org. with a tee in

its logo

DOWN

1 Joie de vivre 2 Lockup 3 Throaty 4 Hunter’s need 5 Trap during winter 6 Sound on some San Francisco streets 7 Small batteries 8 Muddy abode 9 “__ very hard, and ... play very hard”: Maya Angelou 10 Regional animal

groups 11 “Forrest Gump”

actor 12 Most stale 17 Voids 18 Bully 23 __ toast 24 Baby food array 25 Bit of aquatic life 26 Nutritional fig. 30 Cadillac compact 31 Hue of many Renaissance drawings 33 Long list

substitute, briefly 34 “Cat on __ Tin

Roof” 35 Xperia maker 36 Best 37 Causing to foam 38 Marshy expanse 41 Pleasures shared by Churchill and Castro 42 It might be

stuffed at home 43 Like one who is

beside oneself? 45 How land prices are often calculated 46 Lean (on) 48 Stab 49 Refreshing

spot 50 Range with one end in Kazakhstan 54 Small figure wielding much force? 56 Del. winter hrs. 57 Jeanne d’Arc,

e.g.: Abbr.