USA TODAY US Edition

THEATRICAL ELEMENTS

- BY Patrick Jordan

ACROSS

1 Rural skyline feature 5 Respond to “Give it up for the band!” 9 Pigeon entree 14 Rush-order letters 15 Rapunzel’s “ladder”

16 Get rid of, Soviet-style

17 Sign away

18 Mistake-canceling command

19 Flew into hysterics

20 Convention VIPs

23 Attila’s horde

24 Chuck-a-luck cube

25 Occupying first, say

28 Mr. Peanut’s expression

30 Volume booster

33 Centers of local government

35 Superhero creator Stan

36 Sweeney the barber

37 Brick-shaped candy

38 Tidy sum of cash

39 “One more thing . . .”

40 Deceptive tactic, of sorts

44 Susan of “L. A. Law”

45 What you “come and get”

46 Some Motorola wares

47 Opera segment

48 Alfa Romeo alternativ­e

49 One-on-one with the pope, say

57 Draw a comparison

58 Add to the kitty

59 Persuade with flatter y

60 Ready for an attack, say 61 Hershey’s toffee bar

62 Pack down firmly

63 Irish poet with “a fanatic’s heart”

64 Browns in a booth

65 “Buzz off!”

DOWN

1 Santa’s burden

2 Fortune-teller’s phrase

3 Title for a baroness

4 Symbol of generosity 5 Condiment in Indian cuisine 6 Olympic pool paths

7 Gives a boost to 8 Razor, for

36-Across 9 Injuries treated with ice

10 Fault plane phenomenon

11 Hard-to-resist impulse 12 Antiquing substance

13 Places to plant

21 Dethrone, say

22 Selection before “Copy” or “Cut”

25 Group of eight

26 Nary a soul

27 Harrelson of the Miracle Mets

28 Uncool sorts

29 Reduce to rubble

30 Being from a distant world 31 Bench-clearing brawl

32 Hammerhead parts

34 Apt name for a Dalmatian?

38 Stands guard over

40 Cosines’ reciprocal­s 41 Morning anchor Lauer

42 Arachnopho­be’s fear

43 ___ latte (Starbucks order)

47 Ward off

48 Easily stowable bed

49 Word after passion or power

50 Steam up

51 Place to get a

48-Down, perhaps 52 Lindbergh flight direction

53 Paul who sang “Puppy Love”

54 2014 Russell Crowe title role

55 Sniper’s garb, briefly

56 Show with product demos

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