PLUCK-Y PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Over half
5 “Let me clarify . . .”
10 Steakhouse rack
14 Sparkling wine, for short
15 First lady before Jackie
16 Make more readable, say 17 Seldom seen 18 Make a hard copy of 19 Ethiopian princess of opera
20 Do a slalom
21 Sensitive firing mechanism 23 Millennium Falcon pilot
25 Org. for suit pressers? 26 Inaugural ball, e.g. 27 Replace for the day, say
32 Clark with a 1935 Oscar
34 Hamlet and kin
35 Bird on Australia’s half dollar
36 Drink brand with a polar bear mascot
37 Obnoxious sorts
38 SWAT team operation
39 Lingerie shop buy
40 Spread out, as one’s fingers
41 Simple tune
42 $100 bill, slangily
44 PC pro
45 Narcissist’s trait
46 2011 movie dealing with 1960s racism
49 1960s antiwar slogan
54 Tuna roll topper
55 Place to canoe
56 Injures at a corrida
57 Harry Potter’s lightning-bolt mark 58 Simple toy train layout
59 “The Sandbox” playwright Edward
60 Thick piece
61 Santana’s “Evil ___”
62 22-Downs’ homes
63 Crafts-selling site
DOWN
1 Habitat for a
22-Down 2 Universal Studios Japan city 3 Legume in some casseroles
4 Super Bowl impossibility
5 Savanna grazer
6 Red-capped Nintendo icon 7 Ruler in Kuwait’s Bayan Palace
8 “___ We Got Fun”
9 Hotel costs, sans agents’ commissions 10 D.C. airport named for a president 11 “Understood, man” 12 ___ one’s time (be patient)
13 Milky Way unit 21 Auger’s creation 22 Crayfish-eating wader
24 Realtor’s success
27 Food wrap brand
28 Stained, like a newsie’s fingers 29 Wispy salon offering
30 Cross off the list
31 Former mayor Giuliani
32 Bee Gees surname
33 Farmland division
34 Store with slicers
37 U.S. Steel co-founder
38 Like most lottery winners
40 Herb in roast chicken
41 Salt lick visitor
43 Components of upscale watches
44 Doctoral candidates’ works
46 280-characteror-less message 47 They’re taken out by students
48 High-spirited
49 Move, as 50-Down
50 Pumice, in fluid form
51 Grant approval to
52 Vaulter’s need
53 Marbles, mothballs et al. 57 Petal-plucker’s pronoun