The Central Wire

IT’S A TOSS-UP

- by Barbara Olson

ACROSS

1. Give a fresh look to 7. Adds new stuffing, as to a cushion 13. Solemn promiser 14. Totally different thing (from) (3,3) 15. Westminste­r Abbey bride, 2011 (4,9) 17. “Venerable” saint 18. Abbr. for Mad Cow Disease 19. “Hawaii ___” (TV cop show) (4,1) 21. “Just ___ suspected” (2,1) 22. Big rig operators (4,7) 25. Student’s 3-ringed things 27. Man’s name meaning “king” 28. 88, 99 or 007: Abbr. 29. Heavenly harpist 30. Place for a cat sitter, maybe? 31. Eye sore 32. Way to choose by chance, and a hint to solving 4 letters of 15-, 22-, 48 and 55-Across (4,1,4) 36. Venomous vipers 39. ___-Mex cuisine 40. No-brainer question 44. “Hey You” band from Winnipeg, Man. 45. “___ dern tootin’!” 46. Unsee, if possible (4,3) 48. Singer known as the Divine Miss M (5,6) 51. Calgary-to-Edmonton dir. 52. Point in an orbit 53. Hanomansin­g of “The National” 54. Beaded slip-ons, for short 55. Knack for making money (3,5,5) 59. Department with bras and skirts 60. The dot over i or j 61. Accepting of, as ideas (4,2) 62. Scheduled to occur

DOWN

1. Makes a ton, as money (5,2) 2. Slipping away from, as the law 3. Campaigner’s urging 4. Blow away 5. One who’s paid their dues 6. Rainbow makers 7. “Mayberry ___” (old sitcom) 8. Ending for “arbor” or “ether” 9. It gets stuck on words? 10. Penultimat­e part of most Shakespear­e plays (3,2) 11. Strongly implied (5,2) 12. Buzzword for teamwork 16. “Agnus ___” (Mass hymn) 17. ___ ghanoush (eggplant dish) 20. Word form for “bone” 22. Be a successful marketer 23. Fiction’s fanged count, for short 24. Seized sedan, say 26. Dictionary entries: Abbr. 30. Not at all strict 31. Huffy mood 33. Hot new couple 34. Prefix with “meter” or “scope” 35. Helper who had a hunch? 36. Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid 37. Second procedure, in a manual (4,3) 38. Budding business? (3,4) 41. Eyewear for a Cyclops 42. Chewed, as chips or carrots 43. “Printemps” followers 45. Overly willing workers (3,3) 46. Explosive sounds 47. Soup bean 49. “___ Kangaroo Down, Sport” (3,2) 50. Day, in Spain 54. “Heinz 57” hound 56. Bank loan rate: Abbr. 57. High military honour: Abbr. 58. Hiroshima’s river

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