CROSSWORD
CREATURE FEATURES
ACROSS 1 Baton-passing event 6 Self-governing Palestinian territory 10 Sci-fi transports 14 Like gymnasts or mountain goats 15 x, y or z, on a 3-D graph 16 “No denying that” 17 Attributes of prodigious eaters, it’s said 19 Keep watch over 20 Canasta combo 21 As a result 22 Glasses with feet and stems 26 Tougher to locate 28 Barbecuers’ wear 29 Far from lenient 30 Try to prevent a sinking 31 Started a hand 33 De Gaulle, to Air France 36 Charity’s URL ender, often 37 Creature with distinctive features seen at the ends of 17- and 53-Across and 11- and 24-Down 39 Impossible score in U.S. football 40 Unspecified degree 41 Cancel, as a launch 42 Diva’s highlight 43 Cantina appetizers 45 Works with oils, perhaps 47 Bugs to no end 49 Director’s workplace 50 Defaulters’ losses, briefly 51 Worthy of an “Aww!” 52 Word after shooting or branding 53 Fretted part of a Les Paul, say 59 Web surfer’s destination 60 On the matter of 61 One-tenth donation 62 Lieutenant’s lunch 63 Taken in, in a way 64 Place with rainy plains, in song DOWN 1 Lead-in to “sis-boom-bah” 2 Prefix with centric 3 Diminutive in Dogpatch 4 Musketeers’ motto word 5 Naval clerks 6 Really irritates 7 Dumped unceremoniously 8 Turn abruptly 9 Equine pack animal 10 Comes out with 11 Brass section members 12 Postal rate unit 13 Feast with a Book of Exodus story 18 Hoses down 21 Bret who wrote of Roaring Camp 22 Neighbor of Cameroon 23 Dizzying designs 24 A’s on poor report cards, say 25 Texter’s guffaw 26 Golf club part 27 Baby whale or elephant 31 Smelter waste 32 Site of our smallest bones 34 Form a coalition 35 Beauty’s suitor 37 Stares slack-jawed 38 Flanged construction piece 42 Use a scope 44 Makes amends 45 Stuffable bread 46 Gives a heads-up to 47 Spectrumforming crystal 48 Like ghost stories 49 Bed in a dorm room, maybe 51 Mention as a reference 53 Methane or butane 54 Get value from 55 Autumn air trait 56 Posted landing hr. 57 X on a frat house 58 “Toy Story 3” doll