CROSSWORD

FRUITFUL FOLKS

ACROSS

1 What nuthatches hatch from 5 Risk-free 9 Alligator’s abode 14 Prefix with space or drome

15 DVR button 16 Spreader of magic dust, in folklore 17 Friend of a tiny septet

19 “Juno” star Page

20 Victorian ___

21 Snake’s warning

22 Show mercy

23 Showing mercy

25 Longish skirt

26 Birth announcement notation

27 Cords with name tags

31 Purple Heart, e.g.

34 Robs of energy

35 Stable parent

36 Athletic shoe brand since 1979

37 Fruit associated with 17- and

56-Across and 10and 24-Down

38 Harness race gait

39 Metal in many batteries

40 Like Yoda or Confucius

41 Decides not to toss

42 Stretch out

44 Sen. Franken’s former show

45 Canal called “Clinton’s Ditch”

46 Took part in a bee

50 Stood out in the rain, say

53 Browse the internet

54 “Game of Thrones” channel 55 Address a convention

56 2015 biopic about a computer visionary

58 Kind of cravat

59 Worry-free state

60 “Makes sense”

61 “On Golden Pond” birds

62 Stylized to a fault

63 Ritalin and Xanax, briefly

DOWN

1 Meeting room item 2 Alt-country, e.g. 3 Response to a bad pun

4 Boar’s mate

5 Man-lion of Giza

6 Select invitees

7 Dieter’s count, in grams

8 The calm within a storm

9 Like base-stealing threats 10 Archer of Uri 11 Drivetrain rod 12 Outward manner 13 Confined, with “up”

18 11-Down attachment

22 Shampoo bottle direction

24 Formulator of the law of universal gravitation

25 Source of sweet sap

27 Memory slip

28 In danger of extinction, perhaps

29 Deliver via airlif t

30 Where scenes are shot

31 Puzzle in a cornfield, perhaps

32 Like one soap-opera twin

33 Pet in Bedrock

34 Ill will

37 Sit up for

41 Steakhouse utensil

43 Meets at the door

44 “Family Feud” feature

46 Adventurous search

47 Things pointed at

48 Receded from shore

49 Units of 63-Across

50 One-third of a hat trick 51 Guesser’s words 52 Salsa-topped munchie

53 Movie premiere VIP

56 Galleon’s milieu

57 Comical Carrey Friday’s Answer