ACROSS No. 0314

1 Pair on a

schooner

6 Last in a series

9 It may be thrown

by a vaquero

14 “Hurry with your

dinner!”

15 “Gotcha!”

16 Like an obelisk at

night, maybe

17 Origin story in

Genesis 11:1-9 20 Colorful

language?

21 Radar gun stat,

for short

23 Parks carefully

24 Co. that launched the world’s first communications satellite

27 Part of 10-Down 29 Last in a series 30 World capital noted for its French colonial architecture

32 Geocaching

necessity, in brief 35 “No ___”

(“Unacceptable”) 36 Actor Hawke

37 Headstone

heading

38 1979 movie with the line “This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off”

39 Goes around

40 Legal position in

municipal govt. 41 Like lead or gold,

notably

42 Mario Kart

platform

43 Tuber that can

be candied 44 A majority of the characters on TV’s “St. Elsewhere,” in brief

45 Neighbor of

India: Abbr.

47 Component in a car’s suspension system

50 “___, ___, it looks like rain!”: Christopher Robin

53 Big movie star,

e.g.

55 What professional tennis has been in since 1968

57 Where an important call may be directed 58 System that ended in 1917 Purplish red Weeks in Spain 59 60

DOWN

1 Player at Citi

Field

2 “That feels nice!” 3 Scientist who notably passed away on 33-Down (2018) 4 You might go on tiptoe while wearing this

5 Fungus-to-be

6 Celebratory

seasons

7 First digit of this puzzle’s subject, whose next four digits are the number of rows and then columns of the grid

8 B-ball 9 Apply, as

sunscreen

10 Some craft

drafts, for short 11 Scientist who was notably born on 33-Down (1879)

12 Make even

13 Home of the

Braves, for short 18 New Deal org.

19 What some thank

God for: Abbr.

21 Comedian and political commentator Bill 22 Who said “Courage is knowing what not to fear” 25 Carolina N.H.L.’ers, informally

26 Like the main character in many a horror film ... or so they believe

28 “Same here”

29 Mathematician known for the constant “e” (2.71828)

31 Require

32 Starting point for a slippery slope argument

33 An irrational reason to celebrate?

34 Captcha targets 35 One might center around being unprepared for a test

45 Something read

by a chiromancer 46 Actress Shawkat

of “Search Party” 48 Took a turn

49 Where the Chair of St. Peter can be found in St. Peter’s Basilica 51 ___ Major

52 Relatives of

berets

54 “Get it?”

56 Gun lobby grp.