Thinking caps “SANTA’S COMING II”

ACROSS

1 Salvage aid

6 Herd of whales

9 Defeat decisively

14 “Home ___” (1990 film) 15 Branch of the U.N.

16 Learner at a desk

17 Warbles

18 Delay

19 “Remember the ___!” 20 Churches and such 23 “Terrible” age

24Length x width, for a rectangle 25 Store convenience, for short 28 Dividers in biology

30 Airline overseer (Abbr.) 33 Group of lions

36 Eight-angled figures

39 Be in the best possible position 42 Harm

43 Mike holder

44 551, in old Rome

45 Indian silk center

48 Broadway time zone

49 Creole veggie

51 Person of action 54 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 21 22

Some inner-city developments Monte of Cooperstown

“The Matrix” hero

Word on old gas pumps Jouster’s mount

Manning of the NFL

Pancake relative

Bygone autocrats (Var.)

Tennis grouping

Hauled to the body shop

DOWN

Obi, e.g.

Vaudeville shtick

Unfit for highborn Brits Unfocused dread

Adjust, as a hem

Covered with soft hair

Norway’s patron saint

16:00 to 20:00, on a boat Bowler’s feat

Second-largest city in Oklahoma Brilliantly colored fish

Drew Carey’s nemesis, once Alka-Seltzer sound

Shipwreck signal

Provide an address 25 Food for a ladybug

26 Dweller under a bridge, in fairy tales 27 Lip syncers ___ Vanilli 29 “Designing Women” co-star 30 Jedi’s power

31 Chilean range

32 Good looks, in Hollywood 34 Banned bug killer

35 Listening device

37 Crackerjack

38 Pinup’s leg

40 Be educated

41 Some baked Italian dishes 46 Cleverly skilled

47 Cow comment

49 Basket-maker’s willow 50 Varieties

52 Button in Bond’s car

53 Nostalgic, in a way

54 H.S. subject

55 Dog bowl bits

56 Eye layer

57 Brazilian soccer legend 58 Prepare to swallow

59 Pound a keyboard 60 Gravity-powered vehicle