Crossword

ACROSS

1 Curve on a

slalom, e.g. 4 Frugal folks 10 Sea devastated by irrigation projects 14 “Something tells __ should’ve stayed in bed” 15 Brunch staple 16 Walk worriedly 17 Super-fun

experience 19 Tolkien beasts 20 Concrete

strengtheners 21 German auto

pioneer 23 Junior or senior 24 Certain baby

tiger 26 Grandmotherly

type 29 Sarge’s superior 30 Stand behind 34 Rural stopover 35 Cramming three seasons into a weekend, say 39 A pop 40 Contemptuous

one 41 Wolf pack

member 44 Natural night

lights 48 Salsa percussion

instrument 52 Crowe’s “A Beautiful Mind” role 53 Remove field heat from before storage, as crops 54 Japanese faith 56 Like cotton

candy 57 Securing strap 59 Owned 60 Horseshoes

score 61 Short-lived

obsession 62 Neighborhood 63 Make certain 64 Trout lure

DOWN

1 Developmental

stage 2 Sargasso

wriggler 3 Nautical stage name of comedian David Adkins 4 Lemony cocktail 5 Rock concert

gear 6 Zoo staffer 7 Slur over 8 Hire a new crew

for 9 “Shrek!” author

William 10 Historic Harlem

theater 11 Treasury

collectible 12 Accumulating, as

interest 13 “__ Miz” 18 Source of tomatoes for homemade sauce 22 Bad beginning? 24 “Iron Chef Showdown” host Alton 25 “Big” London

attraction 27 ESL part: Abbr. 28 Citrus drinks 31 “Is This Love” singer Corinne Bailey __ 32 Power source 33 Sandy-colored 35 1940s jazzman 36 Totalitarian control 37 Naval pronoun 38 Having a twist 39 Happy hour site 42 It may form the outline for a meeting’s minutes 43 Front-of-bk. list 45 Skedaddled 46 Celestial 47 Substandard 49 Paso __: twostep dance 50 City where Joan

of Arc died 51 Arm bones 54 Crystal ball

reader 55 Where you are,

on a mall map 56 __ Na Na 58 Bearded grazer