DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1) South Pacific island group

6) Chases away, as a pest 11) Ambulance letters

14) Not fitting for a purpose

15) Loose fiber for caulking

16) "That feels good!"

17) Some ceramic pottery 19) Biochemistry abbr. 20) Lean

21) Communist leader, once

23) Abolitionists wanted to end it

27) Cal Ripken's record was about one

28) Musk-secreting cats 29) Charitable organizations, often

31) Make reparations, e.g. 32) Three-toed animal with a snout

33) Shortening used in recipes?

36) Type of tape

37) Short choral composition

38) Catch_ (begin to get) 39) Posh health resort 40) Murmured affectionately 41) Floorboard sound

42) Lives

44) Ship area, to a bo's'n 45) On a train

4 7) Some patterned fabrics

48) Small woods

49) Your aunt's little girl 51) Trash bag accessory 52) Use

58) Shuttle letters

59) Dreadlocked one, often

60) Like cheap red meat 61) One _ person

62) "See you later, amigo" 63) Bowling scoring unit

DOWN

1) Bring legal action 2) "Santa" trailer, geographically

3) Vandalize

4) Decide

5) Olympics VIP

6) Vito Corleone's eldest 7) Atlanta hoopster 8) "All right"

9) Sharers' word

10) Metal factory

11) Serious-mindedness 12) Craze

13) Meat cut

18) This puzzle's theme 22) Long introduction of yore?

23) Quite a few

24) Showed sudden joy 25) Guacamole source, often

26) Blow off steam

27) Agitated state

29) Some are blind

30) Newspaper opinion piece

32) It helps to get the job done

34) Celery unit

35) Jabs

37) Indication of spoiled food

38) Dangerous whale 40) Where great ideas come from

41) Give an impression 43) Is no longer

44) Almanac tidbit

45) Behave badly

46) Capital ofldaho

47) "After the Bath" painter Edgar

49) Not yet final, at law 50) "What's gotten _ you?"

53) Cool, old-school

54) Place to drink up

55) In-flight info

56) Cash dispenser

57) Type of whiskey