CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 10 15 Staying Best Request effort safe, for multifactor in a way authentication? 16 Gurira who plays Okoye in the 17 Collective MCU noun? 18 Choose to join 19 Hook, in journalism lingo 20 Quench 22 Deadly septet

23 Chicane shape, on some racetracks

24 "Well played"

27 Violent figure of Egyptian mythology

28 Explorer's code, hopefully 30 Twisted

32 Birthplace and subject of writer Vu Trong Phung

33 34 "Mais Seneca oui" Falls Convention figure 36 Alpaca habitat 37 Tutsi or Hutu 38 Childish taunt 41 Chats privately, briefly 42 Like some yoga socks 43 FD employee

46 "Fortunately, the Milk" writer Gaiman

48 Permafrost concern 49 BBQ side 50 Scottish cattle

52 Immeasurable regions of the universe

55 Nosh 56 Hall addition 57 Composition 58 Waiting periods?

DOWN

1 Tall, sappy type

2 Clambake debris

3 Starts to slip

4 Curly cruciferous commodity

5 Garten of earthly delights

6 "She Said" paper, briefly

7 Runs past

8 Took off

9 "Doogie Kamealoha,

M.D." star __ Elizabeth Lee

10 Stir

11 Breaks

12 Evil Christmas figure such as Krampus

13 State cat in New England

14 "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" author

21 Brian who said ambient music "must be as ignorable as it is interesting" 24 Prepares

25 Island with a state capital

26 28 29 Some Summer Chilling fracking material episode? byproducts 30 31 Vintage Logo overhauls, collections e.g. 33 Label for some musicians? 34 Most satisfying, as a victory 35 They may be fake 37 Chile __: stuffed dish 39 Bucharest's nat. 40 Cried out for 43 Runner in ancient African cave art 44 Funk saxophonist Parker 45 Chirp

47 2021 Pixar film that premiered at the Aquarium of Genoa

49 Rotisserie part 51 Protected by an icy exterior, perhaps 53 Degree of difficulty? 54 B'way sign Solution: see below