DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Karate match exchanges 5 Nickname for Chicago’s Ernie Banks 10 Gradually decrease 14 Chamber phenomenon 15 Campaign suspensions 17 Biting 18 Gadgets with small rotary blades 19 Pub nibbles 20 Corrida shout 21 Christmas hymn start
22 Vent opening? 23 One in a gun show?
25 Ax wielder, at times
26 Lover of Euridice, in a Gluck opera 28 Anaheim stadium nickname 30 1843 story narrated by a murderer, with “The” 35 Finger in the dike, so to speak
37 Out until tomorrow 39 Essential nutrient 40 Split for a union 41 Gush 44 Meteorological line
48 Units for many staples: Abbr. 49 Blowup sound 51 Bumped into 52 Didn’t make it through committee, as a bill 53 Beyond reason 55 Land in a lake 56 Heavy burdens 57 Wonder Woman gal pal __ Candy 58 Pompano kin 59 Black-necked shorebird 60 World power initials until 1991
DOWN
1 Slow cooker associated with Boston
2 Went down, in a way
3 Yield sign? 4 Puts down roots 5 “I’m a doctor, not a bricklayer” doctor 6 King’s domain 7 Worker with rattan 8 “For the Boys” org. 9 Advice for the itchy
10 Port vessel 11 “You __ lucky!” 12 “Fiddlesticks!” 13 Pair of shoes? 16 Ness, for one 23 Was a whiz on a quiz
24 Can’t stand 27 “Sesame Street” segment 29 Round up 31 Certain eligibility rules
32 Ali hooks, at times 33 “The Name of the Rose” author 34 Work plans 36 Safety features that have evolved since their inception 38 Spousal consent 41 Works on pools 42 __ attack 43 Target of a new vaccine 45 Spender of rials 46 Stimulating nut 47 ’50s headline event
50 Takes in too much, for short 52 Spirit of NotreDame
54 “__ my problem”