Crossword
No. 0822
ACROSS
Finger-on-lips 1 sound Performer for 4 whom a San Diego stadium was named Some company 9 bigwigs, for short Food mascot in a 13 green suit jacket Gifford’s talk 16 show successor “Take that, 17 loser!” Pole position? 18 Comic whom 19 Seinfeld called “the Picasso of our profession” ___ sleep 20 Only graphic 21 novel to win a Pulitzer Prize (awarded 1992) Onetime 22 neighbor of French Indochina Find 23 outrageously funny “OK, I’ve heard 26 enough” Prompter of a 27 channel change, maybe Rain can ruin it 29 Binges 31 What it takes 35 to become a queen? Neil Patrick 36 Harris’s role on “How I Met Your Mother” Herb of the 37 parsley family Romeo or Juliet 38 Member of the 39 fam Settles with 40 Some pricey 44 cars, for short Great deal 48 “Pourquoi ___?” 50 Actress Linney 51 of Netflix’s “Ozark” Opposite of 52 inept Words that 53 sometimes follow 1-Across Guys 56 Skinflint 57 Leading role in 58 “The Phantom of the Opera” Doesn’t take any 59 cards, say In need of a lift? 60
DOWN
Passes on 1 French 2 philosopher Bergson 2003 #1 hit with 3 the lyric “Shake it like a Polaroid picture” Relative of a tie 4 in music Lead-in to story 5 Newfoundland 6 sound Half of a classic 7 comedy duo Reason to see a 8 gastroenterologist Do some fast 9 data processing? Obsessed with 10 Hangout for 11 Dorian Gray Flipper 12 Gold rush 14 phenomena Branch of the 15 D.H.S. Like a 23 stereotypical mobster’s voice Things picked 24 up at a landfill Sub-Saharan 25 scourge False front 28 British flier 30 Giuseppe ___, 31 leader in Italy’s unification English 32 translation of 50-Across Accord 33 Natural history 34 museum sights Emergency exit 35 feature Beer with a 36 triangular logo Way cool 41 Ways 42 A keen eye, for a 43 proofreader, say Waves of New 45 Agers? “Little Women” 46 director Gerwig Having had 47 quite enough Much can be 49 written on this Off 51 Small cell 54 Piece in Stratego 55
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