Thinking caps “TOO SOON?”

ACROSS

1 Healthy fare

6 1950s first lady

11 Campsite bed

14 Beyond portly

15 It has a floor but no ceiling 16 Underground discovery 17 Lightly dismissing

19 “___ to a Nightingale” 20 Bedsheet fabric

21 Mature, as fruit

23 Radio antennas

27 Bistro

28 Sings like Sinatra

29 Passion

31 Witch

32 Wood-working tool

33 Part of MOMA

36 Radiation measures 37 Calf-roping loop

38 Small sewing bag

39 They might be classified 40 Quarterback great Bradshaw 41 Say cheese

42 Discoverer’s word

44 Fictional Twist

45 Full-length, for one 47 Impolite viewers 48 Blacksmith’s instrument 49 “The first ___ the deepest” 51 Go down a slippery slope 52 Under-the-cushions find 58 Hr. fraction

59 Rear-___ (road mishap) 60 USPS alternative 61 Roses-red link

62 Desire greatly

63 Dull and dirty

DOWN

1 Soak up,

as gravy

2 Blood-type group

3 August birth sign 4 Barbecue leftover

5 Get off at the terminal 6 Planetary orbiters

7 Cause for a massage

8 Lo ___ (Chinese noodles) 9 Fleming or Holm

10 Etch

11 Willing to help

12 “Two eggs over easy,” e.g. 13 Microscopic

18 Olive and vegetable 22 “What was ___ think?” 23 Capital of Ghana

24 Behaved humanly?

25 Hotel convenience

26 Atoms with charges 27 Osprey’s cousin

29 Fauna’s partner 30 Unchallenging

32 It may be sweet and sour 34 Use it for good measure 35 Arena levels

37 ___-do-well (good-for-nothing) 38 Islamic ruler

40 One-time streetcar 41 Clearance-priced

43 Alleged spoon-bender Geller 44 Connected to the ear

45 Italy’s marble center 46 Contract signer

47 Rudder’s locale

49 Ending passage in music 50 Advertiser’s target

53 Only companion

54 “What ___, your maid?” 55 Bobbsey twin

56 Band’s booking

57 England’s Isle of ___