CROSSWORD

IT’S A LIVING

ACROSS

1 Short on courage 6 Gibbon and orang

10 TNT seller of cartoons 14 Really go for 15 Exec’s reminder 16 Garden center bagful 17 Chicago’s locale 19 Pre-storm period 20 Like MacDonald of song 21 Figure in red ink 22 Protects the quarterback 24 Pizza ordering option

25 Places for braces 26 Regal fur 29 High-ranking officer, informally 32 French wine valley 33 Fails at dieting 34 Wilder’s “___ Town”

35 Frees from, with “of”

36 Cirrus cloud shapes

37 Like some art class models 38 Gender-neutral pronoun

39 Like Rod Serling tales

40 On a need-toknow ___ 41 Attendance check 43 Icy orbiters 44 Execs’ extras 45 Get out of Dodge 46 Bewhiskered behemoth 48 Ill-mannered sort 49 Biceps pic, say 52 Activist author Paton 53 Squid-eating dolphin family member 56 NOYB part

57 Like much testimony 58 “The Age of Anxiety” poet W.H.

59 Salt lick visitor 60 Some can openers 61 Flinch, say

DOWN

1 Cinco de Mayo snack

2 One on a pedestal

3 What emojis indicate

4 Bug big-time 5 Say no to 6 Elicit a smile from 7 Endorsers’ needs 8 Defib pro 9 Protein-rich legumes 10 Fancy ties

11 Place for horse-drawn carriages

12 Hot cocoa ingredient 13 National Mall trees 18 Move like the Blob 23 Discounted by 24 Confessional list 25 Utter nonsense 26 Reason to reboot, perhaps 27 Serengeti heavyweight 28 B-29 replica, e.g. 29 Herb in pasta sauce 30 Taxpayer’s dread 31 Bit of salon litter

33 Some Little Leaguers 36 Achilles heel, figuratively 37 Newborn’s acquisition 39 Color similar to sand 40 Turn-ofthe-century conflict

42 Loewe’s Broadway collaborator 43 Arterial blockage 45 Puts one over on 46 TSA agent’s scanner 47 Gel-yielding plant 48 Run off at the mouth

49 “I did it!” 50 Baldwin of “SNL” 51 Camper’s setup 54 Nest egg letters 55 Color chart selection

© Andrews McMeel 7/8