Today's crossword
ACROSS
1 Use for support 7 PC key below ~ 10 Distort, as data 14 Calm and Restore skin care brand 15 MLB stat 16 Valley west of Sacramento 17 Garlic bread option 19 Site with a Craft Supplies section 20 “Spider-Man” trilogy director Sam 21 “Come on down!” announcer Johnny 22 Column of super-heated ash and sulfur dioxide during an eruption 25 Superficial layer 26 Statistician Silver 27 Not here anymore 28 Word that can follow goal or detail 32 __-country music 33 One of a pair on a library shelf, as well as one of a pair in each set of circled letters 36 Joey pal of Piglet 37 Saddle attachments 39 “Can’t you take a __!?” 40 Flow slowly 41 Broad neckties 44 Nightshade relish 48 Geological period 49 Cries miserably 50 Casual gettogether 51 Reading on a decibel meter 56 Elm or ash 57 “Noah kept bees in the ark hive,” e.g. 58 Act as a go-between 59 Utters 60 18-wheeler 61 Begins, as a project
DOWN
1 Lab animal in a maze 2 Night before 3 Superman foe Luthor 4 Jack Black film with the tagline “Meet your ancestors” 5 Available for purchase 6 Recognize 7 Rail rider 8 Core group? 9 Drill insert 10 Herman whose chart is topped with a giant “E” 11 Panko-breaded chicken dish 12 __ salts: bathwater additive 13 Hockey Hall of Famer Gretzky 18 Actor Sharif 21 Chose 22 Starbucks size 23 Memo phrase 24 Abel’s brother 25 Battery unit 27 Need for some hybrids 28 Approves 29 Like stale expressions 30 Ages 31 Ellipsis element 33 Liquid diet component 34 Anise-flavored aperitif 35 Cartel whose “O” does not stand for “oil” 38 Kitchen invaders 39 “On the spot” spot 41 Part of a basic Latin conjugation 42 Showroom pitches 43 Dog with a strong herding instinct 44 Battery units? 45 Verdi composition 46 Amble 47 Yet to be paid 51 Steve Inskeep’s network 52 French yes 53 Sue Grafton’s “__ for Vengeance” 54 Superlative suffix 55 Sign between Cancer and Virgo