Crossword
No. 0606
ACROSS
1 Capital of Chad 9 Charge 15 Face-to-face challenge 16 Yes-man 17 Folklore character whose stockings are tied with eyelashes 18 Course coup 19 Some indie releases 20 ___ Ex (video game franchise) 22 Devotee 23 ’70s sitcom title role 26 Bar assembly 28 Ruby and sapphire 29 Perp’s mark, in cop slang 31 110%, perhaps 32 Exercises one’s discretion 33 Language introduced in 1995 34 “I’ll never tell” 37 ___ jazz 38 Forest swingers 39 Lane on the eastern boundary of Covent Garden 40 Unlikely race favorite 41 Baseboard fastener 42 Kicks in 43 Tony soprano? 46 Paid tribute to 47 Riding on 48 Hedging word 51 Stir up 53 Hands 56 Brie ___, star of 2019’s “Captain Marvel” 57 Airy treat 58 Indicate agreement 59 Stand with dogs, say
DOWN
1 Mark down 2 Stop discussing 3 Undirected sessions 4 Music genre prefix 5 “Big whoop” 6 Couldn’t contain 7 Going by 8 Leopards and anacondas, e.g. 9 HQ with runways 10 Long faces? 11 Cabinet piece 12 Fail to appreciate 13 Key explorers 14 Viewed 21 Browns, perhaps 23 Tending to change 24 Croak 25 Sad end? 26 They’re planted by plants 27 Denizens of New York City sewers, per an urban legend 30 Suffragist Elizabeth ___ Stanton 31 Tom Wolfe’s “___ in Full” 32 State bordering the Pacific 33 Banned outdoor game 35 Shepard who wrote “Pretty Little Liars” 36 Novelist O’Brien 41 Tries for, in a way 42 Source of fine wool 44 Adapt, say 45 “___ You” (1975 Minnie Riperton hit) 46 Presidential dog of the 1940s 48 Ancient Dead Sea kingdom 49 Pop star with top 40 hits in the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s 50 Scene of W.W. I fighting 52 Fighter in the fictional Battle of Isengard 54 Shamus 55 ___ factor