CROSSWORD
PLUS SIZES
ACROSS
1 Puccini title role 6 Knock for a loop 10 Steal, slangily 14 Hoops great whose nickname ends in “q” 15 Air Force heroes 16 Towed-away auto, maybe 17 Insignificant vacations? 20 Free from bondage 21 First-aid kit item 22 Prepare Oreos at a fair, say 23 Plans with copays, in brief 24 Town crier’s call 28 Like near beer 29 Prefix with med or law 32 Prenatal test, for short 33 Fair setup 34 Places to graze 35 Turkeys cooked a fairly short time? 38 Blows it 39 Light as a feather 40 Foxx of “Ray” 41 Chemical in drain cleaners 42 Disgusting, in kid-speak 43 Cause of back spasms 44 “A Hard Road to Glory” author 45 Epithet from Scrooge 46 Broadway opening? 49 Sidewalk-stand buy 54 Beefy runway walker? 56 Rival of Enterprise and Alamo 57 Six-day-a-week delivery 58 Elite commando unit 59 Took one’s turn 60 First word of “The Raven” 61 Fires off, as a text
DOWN
1 Give the heave-ho to 2 Treater’s words 3 Boarding pass datum 4 Don’t check, bet, fold or raise 5 “Everyone in this room” 6 Symbol of freshness 7 Top spot 8 Snore symbol 9 Mechanic’s figure 10 Reunion attendees, briefly 11 First name in jeans 12 Dentist’s request 13 CIA turncoat 18 Ran like the dickens 19 Pull a swindle on 23 Oh ___! (candy bar) 24 Veronica of “Hill Street Blues” 25 Mani-pedi abrasive 26 Wrestler/actor ___ the Giant 27 “How the Other Half Lives” author Jacob 28 Too pooped to pop 29 ___-press (wrinkle-resistant) 30 Pie cuts, essentially 31 Big Bertha’s birthplace 33 Early wheels, for short 34 Pinocchio, at times 36 Quality of Rambo or Rocky 37 “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” singer 42 Last two words of “Amazing Grace” 43 “___ difference!” 44 Emotion in emo music 45 Ball honoree 46 Deli side 47 Stalactite site 48 Sportscaster Andrews 49 Not of the cloth 50 Part of a chord 51 Yemeni port 52 Kaput, as a battery 53 “Slippery” trees 55 Red Bull buy