The Puzzlers

ACROSS

1 Took a curtain call 6 California desert 12 Up and about 14 Arthurian paradise 15 Medium-size sofa 16 Tale

17 911 responder 18 Play about Capote 19 Bruce -- of kung fu 21 Airline to Stockholm 23 Gourmandized 26 Toon Chihuahua 27 Little lie

28 Speckled fish

30 Bar mem.

31 Johnny -32 Excessive interest 33 Spanish girl 35 Dawn goddess 37 Vitality

38 Premature

39 Hearty laugh 40 Barely make it 41 Luau wear 42 Former JFK arrival 43 Most of the Earth 44 Baseball award 46 Calligraphy medium 48 Hack

51 Of axons and such 55 Cracker topper 56 With plenty to spare 57 Did woodwork 58 Conspiracies

DOWN

1 College degs.

2 Vein contents 3 Ingenuity

4 Ms. Lauder

5 View as

6 Soda fountain treats 7 In charge of

8 Cats or cars

9 Pub order 10 Wernher -- Braun 11 Wrap up

13 Tabloids “monster” 19 Deadly

20 Whole

22 Monk habitats 24 Rug, slangily 25 Archimedes’ shout 26 Rev the engine 27 Come unraveled 28 Ivory source

29 The strong, silent -34 Scaled

36 Excursion

42 Drive too fast

43 -- and crossbones 45 Clamp 47 First-quarter tide 48 ICU units

49 I knew it!

50 Stiller or Affleck 52 Milne marsupial 53 Easel display 54 Brown of renown