Today's crossword
ACROSS
1 Staying safe, in
a way
10 Best effort 15 Request for multifactor authentication? 16 Gurira who plays Okoye in the MCU
17 Collective noun? 18 Choose to join 19 Hook, in
journalism lingo 20 Quench
22 Deadly septet 23 Chicane shape, on some racetracks 24 “Well played” 27 Violent figure of Egyptian mythology 28 Explorer’s code,
hopefully 30 Twisted 32 Birthplace and subject of writer Vu Trong Phung 33 “Mais oui” 34 Seneca Falls
Convention figure 36 Alpaca habitat 37 Tutsi or Hutu 38 Childish taunt 41 Chats privately,
briefly
42 Like some yoga
socks
43 FD employee 46 “Fortunately, the Milk” writer Gaiman 48 Permafrost
concern
49 BBQ side 50 Scottish cattle 52 Immeasurable regions of the universe
55 Nosh
56 Hall addition 57 Composition 58 Waiting periods?
DOWN
1 Tall, sappy type 2 Clambake debris 3 Starts to slip 4 Curly cruciferous
commodity 5 Garten of earthly
delights
6 “She Said” paper,
briefly
By Kate Chin Park
7 Runs past
8 Took off
9 “Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.” star __ Elizabeth Lee 10 Stir
11 Breaks
12 Evil Christmas figure such as Krampus
13 State cat in New
England
14 “On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies” author 21 Brian who said ambient music “must be as ignorable as it is interesting” 24 Prepares 25 Island with a
state capital 26 Some fracking
byproducts 28 Summer material 29 Chilling episode? 30 Vintage
collections 31 Logo overhauls,
e.g.
33 Label for some
musicians? 34 Most satisfying,
as a victory 35 They may be
fake
37 Chile __: stuffed
dish 39 Bucharest’s nat. 40 Cried out for 43 Runner in ancient African cave art
44 Funk saxophonist
Parker 45 Chirp
47 2021 Pixar film that premiered at the Aquarium of Genoa 49 Rotisserie part 51 Protected by an icy exterior, perhaps 53 Degree of
difficulty? 54 B’way sign