PUZZLES
CROSSWORD
UP-FRONT LOANS
ACROSS
1 Tots’ tenders, informally
6 Box-office bomb
10 Sharpen, as an appetite
14 Like a ballerina 15 Rachel’s biblical rival 16 Putter’s target 17 All-out effort 19 Parishioner’s response
20 Stags’ mates
21 Name, as in the NFL draft
23 Hotel desk locales
27 Takes away, with “of ”
28 Hues in skyscapes
29 Mini racer
30 GI’s denial
31 One with horns and a pitchfork
32 Feel remorse over
35 Craft from wool
36 Turkish bath cover-up
37 Job for a body shop
38 Cash in Kobe
39 “T-t-that’s all, ___!”
40 Concoct, as a plot
41 Avoids a catered wedding, maybe
43 Wagon train’s defensive formation
44 Sucks up
46 Mowgli’s friend Bagheera, e.g.
47 Salad preparer
48 Arrange by age, perhaps
49 Complainer’s litany
50 Robocall device
56 Hathaway of “The Intern”
57 Texas flag feature
58 Beatrice, to Prince Charles
59 Rhode Island ___ (chickens)
60 Gets firm
61 Prettif y, as a pony
DOWN
1 iMovie computer, for short
2 “It ’s ___!” (“Yes!”) 3 “Cool” sum, slangily
4 Word before night or right
5 More run-down
6 Runs for it
7 “___ Make a Deal”
8 Regatta blade
9 Annual checkup, perhaps 10 Captain Ahab, e.g. 11 Final phase 12 Send to the Senate, say 13 Camporee setups 18 Doesn’t stick around
22 Author Hunter, aka Ed McBain
23 Built like Ichabod Crane
24 Gas with a pungent odor
25 Front part, as of a rifle
26 Pounds spender, informally
27 Fusses over, with “on”
29 Rubbernecks, e.g.
31 Parts of footprints
33 “OK, you win!”
34 Surgeon’s supply of yore
36 Army bigwigs
37 Bull’s-eye piercer
39 Word after an errant tee shot
40 Suggesting subtly
42 Slumping team’s
48-Downs
43 Word after index or calling
44 Battling big-time
45 Folk hero Daniel
46 Standard &
___ 500
48 Sports page factoid 51 Sport ___ (rugged vehicle)
52 Where 24-Down is found
53 Zodiac beast
54 ___-friendly (green)
55 Sleep cycle acronym