Crossword

ACROSS

1 Shade similar to

honey 6 Hinge (on) 10 Early stage for

some bugs? 14 City near

Memphis 15 Self-evident 17 See 25-Across 18 Whom one might address as “sensei” 19 Host of the first World Table Tennis Championships: Abbr. 20 Dress 22 Reason for a

donation 23 Two-wheelers 25 With 17-Across, “Giant” actor of 1956 26 Stewing, say 27 Deliberately

sink 31 One hand washing the other, so to speak 34 Red peg, in the game Battleship 35 It’s hard to fight 36 “Seems likely” 37 Recipient of a

“Brava!” 38 Ending with

Black or brack 39 Admissions

considerations 41 Whistlers of a

sort 44 Possible uses for

Bundt pans 45 “Isle of Dogs” director Anderson 46 Rules of

conduct 49 Sphere of

influence 52 Core exercise 53 Neighbor of Scorpius in the sky 54 Modify so as to bypass a device’s restrictions, in hacker lingo 56 Things opened

at spas 58 Talus 59 III 60 “Seeded” or “unseeded” grocery choices 61 Growl like an

angry dog 62 Aromatic herb

DOWN

1 Tips 2 Dessert

preceder 3 Event with a room full of people making a row 4 “Take heed, ___ summer comes or cuckoo-birds do sing”: “The Merry Wives of Windsor” 5 Urban kind of

bar or garden 6 Epitome of

sharpness 7 “Brass” 8 Serving of kielbasa or knackwurst 9 Hebrew for “day” 10 Volcanic rock 11 Some famous

last words 12 Deuces, e.g. 13 One of Yellowstone’s 2.2+ million 16 Eastern

gambling mecca 21 Overdrafts? 24 Of yore, of yore 25 Adam Smith and David Hume, e.g. 27 Bird feeder fill 28 Socialists, e.g. 29 Air on Twitch,

say 30 Info on a flight

tracker app 31 Classic cocoa

powder brand 32 Horatian

compilation 33 Most Super

Bowl M.V.P.s 37 Ration 40 Place for an ace 42 Denim and

chino 43 Opposite of

bother 46 Something to try

first 47 Fall person,

perhaps 48 Senator Ben from Nebraska 49 Cracked 50 “___ thanks!” 51 Triathlete’s need 52 Drudge 55 Late justice known for powerful dissents, for short 57 Sound at a fireworks display