The BalTimore Sun CroSSword

ACROSS

1 “Miracle on the Hudson” investigation gp. 5 Venom holder 8 Grads of

Cornell’s

Johnson Sch. 12 Kerfuffle 13 Quartet quarter? 14 Six-ton predator 15 Pride seekers’

lids

17 LeBlanc who played Joey on “Friends” 18 Texter’s approval 20 Cutesy answer to “How do you say that in Spanish?” 21 Uncoupled? 24 Zebras on a field 27 Classic muscle

cars

29 Senator Ben who wrote

“The Vanishing American Adult” 30 N.L. West team 31 Type of cable,

briefly 32 Shade for a

lifeguard 33 Defensive lines 35 Dries, in a way 36 Sometimes unattainable maxima

37 Sticky situation 38 2010 World Cup

host: Abbr. 39 Origins

40 Bass part

41 It gives you the

big picture 42 Title partner of “me” in a 1972 Billy Paul #1 hit 44 Blade in a shell 46 Metaphor for confidentiality popularized in a 1960s sitcom 51 Type of jacket 53 Shallot relative 54 Card in Clue 55 Ancient site of

an iconic tree 56 Command posts 57 Is behind, maybe 58 Kid-__: tots’ TV

fare

59 Sailing

DOWN

1 Legendary wildlife conservationist 2 Block in the

kitchen 3 Humbles 4 Fodder for unfriendly trades 5 Speaker’s spot 6 Takes up,

perhaps

7 Short bar

order

8 Highwaisted garb, stereotypically 9 Play with

ideas

10 Do one’s part? 11 Couldn’t stand? 12 Prez who had no VP in his first term

13 Chinese pork

dish word 16 Squares, e.g. 19 [Shrug] 22 Olympics chant 23 Ricoh camera

brand 24 “To Kill a Mockingbird” theme

25 Heavy surf,

e.g. 26 Obsolescent

emergency exit 28 Coll. exam

graders, at times 31 Charles of Watergate infamy

32 Skirt alternative 34 Some corny

humor

35 Have something 37 Common jam

ingredient?

9/11/21 40 Scotty’s “Star Trek: TNG” counterpart 41 Cara and

Ryan

43 Much of

Israel

45 Island reception 47 D.C. VIP 48 Ancient Memphis setting

49 Food __: after-eating drowsiness 50 3/8 of nineteen? 51 Questlove’s do 52 Dirty