The Puzzlers

ACROSS

1 Excuse

6 Swollen

11 Foot levers

13 It’s yet to come 14 Outcome 15 Wagner oeuvres 16 Sea, to Cousteau 17 DJ’s platters 18 Breeze through 21 Cookie or candy 23 Sports off. 26 Comic strip prince 27 Append

28 Type of socks 29 Met with Montana 31 Woe is me!

32 -- fixe

33 Highly respected 36 Approach

37 Daughter’s brother 38 Part of RSVP 39 Menacing sound 40 Earl “--” Hines 42 Notice

43 Caesar’s man 44 White -- -- ghost 46 Burrito kin 49 Prickled

53 Slow movers 54 End a layoff

55 At sunup

56 Hunk of cheese

DOWN

1 Showery mo. 2 Remick or Majors 3 Ego companions 4 Oz creator 5 Prohibited

6 A little husky? 7 Sporty trucks

8 Cat’s coat 9 Monastic title

10 Pro vote

12 Didn’t shuffle 13 Pleat

18 Exclaiming over 19 More uncouth 20 Evoke affection 22 Least common 23 Hedger’s word 24 Malicious person 25 Spice grinder 28 Jayhawker st. 30 “The,” to Wolfgang 34 Cashmere kin 35 Agitated (3 wds.) 40 Mare-to-be 41 Warmonger of myth

43 Skiing mecca 45 Tooth problem 46 Mao -- -tung 47 “Wheel” buy (2 wds.) 48 Put a dent in

50 Kept secret

51 Work unit

52 Joey or Kiki