CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Parasite’s home 5 Pond gunk 9 Prop for Figaro 14 Kazan who directed “On the Waterfront” 15 Pledge drive gift, often 16 Piano key material, once 17 First name on “Jeopardy!” 18 Try for a role 19 Grand Canyon, e. g. 20 Road with a median strip 23 Grant an audience to 24 Batteries in mice 25 Musical inspired by T. S. Eliot 26 Baseball card pack insert, once 27 Dallas hoopsters, informally 28 Spending limit 31 Like most Turks 34 Learning with flashcards, say 35 Bishop of Rome 36 Home with staggered floors 39 Sentry’s shout 40 Milk of magnesia target 41 Drive forward 42 Dash lengths 43 Pay to play 44 Mischief- maker 45 Mineral that can be cleaved 46 No mere duffer 47 Lawyers’ org. 50 Many betrayals 54 Land of Hispaniola 55 Result of a completed pass, usually 56 Take to the cleaners, so to speak 57 Defeated by a whisker

58 Prom night wheels, briefly

59 Like some rumors 60 “Swell!” 61 Tree of Life locale 62 Feeder filler DOWN 1 Takes charge of 2 Skatepark jump 3 Spaghetti drainer 4 Uber alternative 5 YouTube transmission, e. g.

6 Sorority members, in old lingo

7 Six- sided state 8 Administered drugs to 9 ERA part

10 States bluntly 11 Novelist Neale Hurston 12 Wild party 13 Grain used in some beer 21 Instill fear in 22 Auctioneer’s prop 26 Trot or canter 27 Popular date night option 28 Batista’s 1952 takeover, e. g. 29 Church recess 30 Chemical ___ ( skin treatment) 31 ESPN’s Courage Award is named for him 32 Hormel product since 1937 33 Things to cure 34 Equiangular quadrilateral 35 Ceremonial splendor 37 Tilter’s weapon

38 Shout to a TV camera 43 Modern Japanese martial art 44 Easy to attach, as a patch

45 Sacred choral piece 46 High- quality, as beef

47 “All kidding ___ . . .” 48 Beauty who loved

the Beast

49 Set, as a price 50 Offered, as a farewell 51 Baltic Sea port 52 No longer outstanding 53 Nile bird 54 Barnyard bird

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