The Daily Crossword
ACROSS
1 Support that’s
often rigged
5 Role,
metaphorically
8 Pair sharing a <3
necklace, probably 12 Instruments in some Gershwin works
15 “I don’t mind __ / Except as meals. / And the way they feels”: Nash
16 Tabula rasa
18 Joie de vivre
19 Susan who wrote, “The writer’s first job is not to have opinions but to tell the truth”
20 Sources of fleeting
joy?
22 “Wrong hand, silly” 26 Active front?
27 Postulant
28 Grace period?
31 “Toodles!”
33 Tree on the
Lebanese flag
34 Latin law
35 Place to get high
and pass out?
37 Rx writers, often 38 Device that requires spin control
40 Inoculation fluids 41 Literary alter ego 42 Self-consoling sigh 44 Animal in Aboriginal cave paintings
46 Line on a
handwriting test
50 One of two tarot
card groups
51 Went viral
53 State whose road signs feature 8-Downs
54 Academic term
57 Nice parent
58 Dessert with a high
point
59 Son of Hera
60 GRE org.
61 Like a fly ball to the
warning track
DOWN
1 Safari runners
2 Heterogenous
union
3 One working with a
dictator
4 Perfectly
5 Lacks options
6 Rose up on stage
7 Leaves in a pot
8 Symbol of
53-Across
9 Was awash in
euphoria
10 Study aid
11 Three-part fig. 13 Bag
14 Eyelid issue
17 Make dough or
bread
21 Earthenware vessel 23 Bags
24 Breeding grounds 25 Clipped
28 Wiped out
29 One having a cow? 30 Not well-done in
the least
32 Derived from
gold
35 Brandon __: Hilary Swank’s “Boys Don’t Cry” role 36 Tiny tech powering Iron Man and Black Panther’s suits
39 Tours of duty
41 Sweet
43 Fox holes
45 “Mine! Mine! Mine!” criers in “Finding Nemo”
47 Small pouches
48 Poetic contraction 49 Polished
52 Get set
53 Actress Thurman 55 Rowing
implement?
56 Many times o’er