CROSSWORD
CONVENTION OPENINGS
ACROSS
1 Fuss before a mirror
6 Tiny terrors
10 Walk like a tortoise 14 Denny’s patron 15 Subdue by stunning
16 Six Cheese sauce brand
17 Tailored attire
19 Plantation unit
20 Like some grins or winks
21 Put on ice
22 Place for a phone charger
24 Tower of Power music genre
25 Online session
26 Classic Chevrolet
29 Answer to a division problem
33 Words of concession
34 Fanatical following
35 Bird’s gullet
36 Teen with black eyeliner, perhaps
37 Works like a dog
38 Buffalo’s waters
39 Foe of a pro
40 Lab maze scurriers
41 Went for a spin
42 Strike a chord
44 Served at a tea
45 Silent approvals
46 Be initiated into
47 Pure as the driven snow
50 Document in escrow, maybe 51 Respond on “Jeopardy!”
54 Acting too hastily
55 Minor railroad stop
58 26-Across, e.g.
59 Be a wheelman for, say
60 Talk show medium
61 Word after Joe or low
62 Wines served with steaks
63 Heap praise on
DOWN
1 Muscles above abs
2 Castro of Cuba
3 Tiny, informally
4 Yankee’s crosstown rival
5 Get hold of
6 “No cause for worry”
7 Tent stake driver
8 Air pressure fig.
9 Two-handed hoops attempts 10 Dress rehearsal, say
11 Be deficient in 12 Monster in some video games 13 Tune for four hands
18 Like early LPs
23 Feeding trough morsel
24 Haute couture event
25 Removes from a herd
26 April 1 exploder
27 Without peer
28 Name in applesauce
29 To a great degree
30 Reason to erase
31 Too trusting
32 17-Across material, maybe
34 Checkroom items
37 A tariff may start one 41 Would-be risk-taker’s question
43 Petal plucker’s word
44 Haiku writer, say
46 Plays a joke on
47 Seafood in salads 48 Carry in a rig
49 “On the matter of . . .”
50 Like purple hair
51 Opera set in Egypt
52 Potting bagful
53 Yachter’s speed unit
56 Grandpa Simpson
57 Repair bill part