THE DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 #1 Toto song that mentions the Serengeti 7 Whittling, for one 12 Wavy patterns in
some op art 13 Cool one’s feet at
streamside, say 14 Attempted coup
participants 17 Stretching
muscles
18 Iowa State city 20 Many an 18th-century painter 24 Low-quality 26 CFO’S degree 27 Intelligence org. 28 Form close ties
(with)
29 “Let’s have at it!” 32 Point
33 Circle segment 34 Palm fruit ... or what the creator of this puzzle’s theme apparently is?
35 __ dog
36 Classic Pontiac 37 Not moving 38 Desires 39 Bellows of “The
Agency” 40 Dessert order 41 Flower holders 42 Environmentally
concerned
47 Old Venetian
judge
48 Catching a
glimpse of 51 Source of an
organic fiber 56 Most cunning 57 When Rome
wasn’t built? 58 Weighty reading 59 Guiding principles
DOWN
1 Film lover’s TV
option
2 Pay, as a bill
3 It may be fried or
puffed
4 Piece of rebar,
essentially 5 Suppress, in a
way
6 Part of NAACP:
Abbr.
7 Jaguar, e.g. 8 Genetic molecule 9 Actor’s rep. 10 Parade staple 11 Closed
13 Data storage
medium 15 Country club
employee 16 Stretches on a
couch?
19 Some can be used forever--but only once 21 Signs
22 In the
neighborhood of 23 Overblown
critique 24 Elaborate
entryways 25 Physician wearing a pink ribbon, perhaps 28 Like potato chips,
often
29 Showed up 30 Farm measures 31 Curly slapper 34 Crime boss 38 “That’s well within
my abilities” 41 How to receive a
freebie, perhaps 43 Yo-yo strings? 44 Official doc. 45 Belief system 46 In the previously mentioned work, briefly 49 Connection
point
50 Initialism for Tom Brady, according to most
52 2000s toon heroine __ Possible
53 Tiny
54 CIA predecessor 55 Finger Lakes
locale: Abbr.