The Daily Crossword
ACROSS
1 Pinnacle
5 Zither kin
9 Is profitable
13 Like a clown car’s
passengers
15 __ palak: dish of potatoes and spinach
16 Brilliant artist beset by personal demons, say
18 Condition that may be treated with CBT
19 Hand (out)
20 Coding shortcut
21 Activities Rudolph was kept from joining
24 Dudes
25 2020 and 2022
WNBA MVP Wilson 26 Sagan who hosted the original “Cosmos”
28 Little red Corvette or little deuce coupe
30 “The French Dispatch” director Anderson
33 Southern part of
the Mariana Trench 37 Certain sib
38 Engrave
39 With competence 40 “Don’t __ me
started”
41 20s dispensers
43 Leafy side
49 Unsettling, in a way 50 Word on Irish coins 51 Issa of “The
Lovebirds”
52 Not conforming to traditional male/ female norms, and a hint to this puzzle’s circles
55 Burn balm
56 Prison drama that was Jonathan Demme’s directorial debut 57 Multitude in a
pointillist painting 58 Copied
59 Norway’s most
populous city
DOWN
1 Person in a cast
2 Jim who sang “I
Got a Name”
3 Time to celebrate with one’s krewe mates
4 First responder:
Abbr.
5 First responders,
e.g.
6 “Easy on Me”
singer
7 Rodeo
contestant
8 GIF alternative
9 Land on an isthmus 10 Painter Neel known
for nudes
11 “What’s mine is __” 12 Meh
14 In need of a doggy
bath, maybe 17 Key with four
sharps
22 No longer valid
23 Garden entrance 26 Hypo units
27 Fish at a sushi bar 28 Anti-apartheid org. 29 “Gross”
30 Episodes on
Youtube, say
31 Fish at a sushi bar 32 Hidden asset?
34 Actress-turned-artist Sobieski
35 “__ Jones Sings Lady Day”: 2001 album
36 Title for Judi Dench 40 Moves smoothly 41 “Deal!”
42 Traction aid
43 Gnarls Barkley singer-songwriter Green
44 “... unless you’d rather do something else” 45 Summary at the start of a new season, e.g.
46 Mournful tune
47 __ blockade
48 Take care of
49 Quaint oath
53 TV pioneer
54 However briefly?