Crossword
ACROSS
1 Hot sauce 9 First word for many 14 Aid in hypnotism 15 Treat whose name means, literally, “flash of lightning” 16 Command from the director’s chair 17 “But thanks for ___!” 18 Big gear retailer 19 Where all the pieces fall into place 21 Environmentalist ___ Leopold, author of the best-selling “A Sand County Almanac” 22 Know-it-alls 24 “Am ___ brother’s keeper?” 25 Soft hit 26 George ___, original cast member of “S.N.L.” 27 Ones who “Don’t Cry,” according to a 2008 country hit 30 City south of Luxor 33 Muslim ascetic 34 Doomed from the start, informally 35 Inventors of the compass and movable type 37 “What’s the skinny?” 39 Mr. Sharples, owner of a sitcom diner 40 ___ board 42 Some jungle greenery 43 Fictional place that lent its name to a classic Cadillac 45 Back 46 Hosp. figure 47 Ruler amts. 48 Burns 52 Statement often accompanied by an eye roll 53 Taken with 55 Alternative to a wrecking crew 56 D-day 58 Bit of derring-do 60 Noted figure in Raphael’s “The School of Athens” 61 Spurn on social media 62 One of the Kennedys 63 Building super’s ringful
DOWN
1 Engages in argument 2 Keep the books? 3 World power in cricket 4 Routes: Abbr. 5 One with lots to sell 6 Comedic actor John 7 Diana is the Roman goddess of it 8 “Of thee I sing” addressee 9 Hosts 10 Lye, for one 11 Like the old Sears Roebuck catalog 12 [Jaw hits the floor] 13 Besides “Gigi,” the only Best Picture winner with a four-letter name 15 Romp 20 Assurance after an accident 23 Last name on a shoe box 28 Potter’s house 29 Some freshness 30 Ne plus ultra 31 Forks over 32 Temptation to steal 33 What a cat’s meow might mean 36 Suggested, with “of” 38 Brings in 41 Famous last word of film 44 In the records 45 1980 Peace Nobelist ___ Pérez Esquivel 49 Bit of attire for a fancy night out 50 Foreign representative 51 Is anguished over a decision 52 Jon who wrote and illustrated “Palindromania!” 54 Roller-skating in the house, say 57 “Cool” amount 59 Subj. of a federal holiday since 1986