PUZZLES CROSSWORD

THROUGH THE GRINDER ACROSS

1 Lacking enthusiasm 6 Be adjacent to 10 Weather report features 14 Weaken, as confidence 15 Blood bank fluids 16 Chain offering Belgian waffles 17 Debacle for the Saints in the 2019 NFL playoffs 19 Shop with a slicer 20 Vet’s visitor 21 Livestock shocker 22 Sporters of tin stars

24 Ravioli filling, perhaps 25 Sicilian landmark 26 Not in the pink 29 Mammal with a bill

33 Car seat user 34 Work up a sweat 35 Kibbles ’n Bits competitor

36 The Who’s genre 37 Interior designer’s asset

38 Art town northeast of Santa Fe

39 Any “Star Wars” movie 40 One-on-one Olympic sport 41 Disco star Summer 42 Advance, as a watch 44 Named names 45 “Aw, nuts!”

46 Lincoln biographer Sandburg 47 24-Across in antipasto

50 It “stops here,” to Truman

51 Gift that’s subject tos kepticism, briefly 54 College endower, often 55 Disco spinner 58 Baked-apple removal 59 Timeline divisions 60 Causing the willies 61 Stem-to-stern structure 62 Seasoning in stuffing 63 Southwest competitor

DOWN

1 Leave-taker’s replacement 2 60-Acrosssounding lake 3 Blogger’s entry 4 Cards with pics 5 Diving board’s spot 6 Foppish neckwear 7 Rosary part 8 Bookmarked item, briefly

9 Fish story

10 Site of a 1942 U.S. naval victory 11 Subtle “Excuse me . . .” 12 One of a magnet’s two 13 Publicist’s distortion 18 Utter bore 23 Aphid-farming insect

24 Coating on some candy apples 25 High-society folks 26 Vineyard measures 27 “Fingers crossed” 28 Legally OK 29 Prepared for a selfie

30 Pirate ship feature

31 Winning b ya run, say

32 “What a tragedy”

34 Cantina bites 37 Links reservations 41 Rub yor crimson 43 24-Across in some omelets 44 Food truck snack 46 Put a hex on 47 Blitzer’s success 48 Salve ingredient 49 Tackle box item 50 Show no humility 51 Banjoist Scruggs 52 Buttonhole, essentially 53 Temporary insanity, e.g. 56 Investment letters 57 Pollen eater

Andrews McMeel