THE DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Adopted gradually, with “in”
7 Sandpiper family
birds
13 One of two sound recommendations for a light sleeper? 15 Shunned one 16 African Queen,
for one
17 “Don’t doubt my
abilities!” 18 January temps,
often
19 Do lunch? 21 London’s __
Gardens 22 Longtime senator
Thurmond 23 Battery parts 25 History
26 Short on manners 27 Fraternal order 31 Coil in a garden 32 Prepares for
takeoff 34 Extravagant
38 Lot
39 Buttonhole 40 Function 41 Campus figure 42 Storytelling singer
Guthrie 43 Declared
47 Like some ornate
doorways
50 Fixes tears 51 Firepit residue 54 Speak publicly 55 Advice from
colleagues, say 56 With 58-Across, savory base for a canapé ... and the function of a black square in four puzzle rows? 58 See 56-Across 60 Afternoon service 61 One held for
ransom
62 Force (upon) 63 Allowed paid
use of
DOWN
1 Pre-euro coin 2 Critics who can’t
be pleased 3 Childish denial 4 Jerk, e.g.
5 West __: upscale
store
6 Sufficient grounds for action, in law 7 Used bugs,
perhaps
8 Shell material 9 Rollover
acronym
10 __ lady: gin and grenadine cocktail 11 Fluency
12 Make an
appearance 14 Starbucks size 18 Baking powder
amt.
20 Sock part
24 Hot message 26 Beat decisively 28 Lucy of “Kill Bill” 29 Tennis great
Rosewall 30 Orlando-to-miami
dir.
31 Main bases:
Abbr.
32 Deere rival 33 Ararat craft
34 Shoddy
35 Top player
36 TV pioneer 37 Actress Chaplin 38 Utter nonsense 40 Deplorable
sort
42 “Eureka!” 43 Some decafs 44 Lanvin scent
since 1927 45 Accustomed (to)
46 Summer hrs. 48 Blush wines 49 Minos’ kingdom 50 Formal decrees 51 When Lear
disowns Cordelia 52 Young passenger on the 33-Down 53 Rattletrap 57 Spanish “that” 59 Enzyme suffix