FRIDAY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Surpasses

5 Purple Heart or Bronze Star

10 Drain problem

14 Group dance

15 Horse-and-buggy drivers

16 Bring up the __; come last

17 High point

18 Artistic black outline

20 Suffix for journal or final

21 Voter survey

22 Impudent

23 Darkish wood

25 City transport

26 Altercations

28 Most immaculate

31 Concluded

32 Rascal

34 Place for 3 nursery rhyme men

36 Mix with a wooden spoon

37 Walks with heavy steps

38 Flying toy

39 Cheap metal

40 University officials

41 Uses a sieve 42 Blowhard

44 Fish out of water

45 Popular pet

46 Sicker than before

47 More conniving

50 Cave dwellers

51 Org. for Broncos & Bears

54 Persnickety

57 Goodyear product

58 Baker’s need

59 Area of expertise

60 Till drawer stack

61 Cruz & others

62 More peculiar

63 Ice __; cold epochs

DOWN

1 Asian language

2 Fumbler’s word

3 Faking

4 Brass instrument

5 Bricklayers

6 Deschanel or Procter

7 Pickle variety

8 __ Wednesday; start of Lent

9 Initials for JFK’s assassin

10 Fold line

11 “Why don’t we!”

12 Porridge ingredients

13 Author Zane 19 Seize another’s office

21 Fishing spot

24 Coffin platform

25 Ne’er-do-wells

26 Relax

27 Loosen, as a knot

28 Skateboarder’s protections

29 Becoming rigid

30 __-frutti

32 Mini blind piece

33 Hoodwink

35 “Father Knows __”

37 Nuisance

38 Sign of affection

40 Journal

41 Men

43 Indian & Atlantic

44 Many a PTA member

46 Squander

47 On the __; in trouble

48 Not taped

49 Covered with frosting

50 Cuckoo or loon

52 No longer tied up

53 Smaller amount

55 Roswell sighting

56 __ off; fall asleep

57 Come __ halt; stop