CROSSWORD

RHYTHMIC MATTERS

ACROSS

1 Wild equines

6 Rugged rock formation 10 Bone up in a hurry 14 Tearoom serving 15 Verdi’s title princess 16 McEntire, or her sitcom 17 Compact cars from

1984 to 1994 19 Blood bank quantity

20 Withdraw, with “out”

21 Hunt and peck, say

22 Worth mentioning

24 Harvest machinery

26 Like-minded voting group

27 Vein yield

28 Gave the cold shoulder to

32 White-tie affair wear

35 Read digitally

36 Backsplash piece

37 Import with a four-ring logo

38 Three-dimensional map

39 Vegging out

40 Holey, lightweight clog

41 Fish caught in pots

42 Bit of ugly campaigning

43 Having a knack

45 Invoice word

46 Chartered ride

47 37-Across competitor 51 Scattered, as confetti

54 Jamie of “M*A*S*H”

55 “I’ve ___ it up to here!”

56 38-Across surface figure 57 They’re set to zero by drivers

60 Navy mascot Answers:

61 The “fizz” in a gin fizz

62 Subside, as a storm

63 Throws into the mix

64 “That stings!”

65 Carnation location

DOWN

1 In reference to

2 Aim-improving device

3 Not exactly, informally

4 Put the kibosh on

5 Volleyball players, at times 6 Roughs it 7 Prime for picking 8 Commotion, to the Bard

9 Teslas don’t need it 10 Pressure-packed periods 11 Nevada casino city 12 Not much 13 Brisbane buddy 18 Literary governess Jane

23 Cause of flight delays

25 Patrolled rounds

26 Ruins a secret, say

28 Take to task

29 Shoreline phenomenon

30 Fitzgerald on a postage stamp

31 Salt lick visitor

32 Moderator’s skill

33 Ambient quality

34 Talent show that returned in 2018, for short

35 Salt truck’s target

38 Start to fidget

42 Like Dali’s art

44 “Immediately!”

45 Coed abode, perhaps

47 Tropical fruit, as it ’s sometimes known

48 Penny-pinching

49 Bret who wrote of Poker Flat

50 Collectible Detroit flop

51 Story spanning centuries

52 Trampled, with “on”

53 Use a Kindle

54 Alternative to Rover or Spot

58 Eggs in sushi rolls

59 Not yet scheduled (Abbr.)