CROSSWORD
FROM ZERO TO HERO ACROSS
1 Needing a rubdown
5 Part producers
10 Open a crack
14 Cheese in hors d’oeuvres
15 Manage to avoid
16 Was decked out in 17 Knocks on the noggin 18 More lucid 19 Jessica who played Sue Storm
20 Belt hole maker
21 Combatant in on-demand videos?
23 Inventors’ sparks
25 Fly fisherman’s wear
26 How-to booklet
28 They’re hardly macho
30 “The Tempest” sprite
31 Duelers’ units
32 Played for a sap
35 Backyard party rental
36 Arcade coin
37 No great shakes
38 Old witch
39 Trapped on a limb
40 Rush-hour cacophony
41 Deck foursome
42 Overnighter’s bag
43 Produce, as art
46 Fruit that may get thumped
47 Chicken seeking nir vana?
50 Be a chatterbox
53 Semi-domed church area
54 Plays for a sap
55 Cobalt or navy
56 Talk like a lush
57 Gas in a protective layer
58 Past curfew
59 Targets of Moe’s pokes
60 Force to retreat
61 Ark complements
DOWN
1 “One of Us” pop group 2 Signal the dawn, in a way 3 Stylish jacket interior?
4 Victor’s shout
5 Like T-shirts and jeans
6 Racetracks, often
7 Drive-thru sign
8 Prepare, as espresso
9 Cornfield effigies
10 Emmy and Grammy
11 Angelina of “Kung Fu Panda”
12 Shady recess
13 Is a parent to
21 Become well
22 Performs like Jay-Z
24 Aria, occasionally
26 Trig or calc
27 Neck of the woods
28 Ships’ trails
29 Ensured, as a win 31 Limerick writer, e.g.
32 Grindstone-regulating statute?
33 Seeks a price of
34 Pill bottle datum
36 Strove to achieve
37 Many an aria
39 “Swan Lake” skirt
40 “Stop right there!” 41 Cavalry blades
42 Vein or artery
43 Action movie climax, often
44 Email button
45 Follow as a result
46 Creator of Pooh and Roo
48 Visit dreamland
49 Slam dunk target
51 Repo man’s seizure
52 Domesticated swarm
55 Crunchy sandwich, briefly