CROSSWORD
FIRST OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS
1 Soothing application 6 At the crest of 10 “Super Trouper” vocal group 14 Home to Disney’s Ariel 15 Elisabeth of “CSI” 16 Harness racer’s gait 17 Orange Monopoly item 19 Prisoner’s stretch 20 Documentarian Burns 21 Sultanate bordering Yemen 22 21-Across natives, e.g. 24 Tennis lesson topic 25 Checkout worker 26 Largo, vis-a-vis adagio 29 Became a member 32 Cloths at changing stations 33 Barely audible or readable
34 Filled up on 35 Unlike this clue’s number
36 Static electricity annoyance 37 Make a comforter, perhaps 38 Souvenir at a bill signing 39 Agronomists’ samples
40 Las Vegas, to gamblers 41 Gladiators’ weapons 43 Strike from the books 44 Semiaquatic salamanders 45 Angora ___ (source of mohair) 46 Word after search or steam 48 Subjects of some traffic reports 49 Letters on a Coppertone bottle 52 Tacit approvals 53 Brawny track-andfield competitor 56 Mild oath 57 Carry off 58 Google Maps recommendation 59 Word after “Simon” or “survey” 60 Mower’s home 61 War zone reporter
DOWN
1 Unmatched dresser item, maybe 2 Lumbago symptom 3 Suitable for Jack Sprat 4 Relocation rental 5 Concert extenders 6 Tunesmiths’ org. 7 “Better ___ nothing” 8 Lord’s Prayer beginner
9 Spin class activity 10 Tailor’s wares 11 Perform acrobatically to music 12 Delivered by the stork, so to speak 13 All-hrs. cash sources 18 Kuwaiti dignitary 23 Email folder heading 24 “Hollaback Girl” singer Stefani 25 Pocket change 26 Took three of three games, say 27 Organ near the pancreas 28 March 29, 2018, to MLB
29 Locks up
30 City near Syracuse 31 Potpourri bit 33 Flies like a butterfly 36 Disputes, as a will
37 Didn’t pass or hand off
39 In stitches
40 Five beats, in “Take Five” 42 Jefferson and Paine, theologically 43 Play boisterously 45 Like many exclusive communities 46 Closes the book on 47 Romance novelist Roberts 48 It may start with “A guy walks into a bar . . .”
49 Proof of admission 50 Sampras with seven Wimbledon wins 51 Toon cavemate of Wilma 54 Skeptic’s outburst 55 Circus star General ___ Thumb