CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Mail in 6 Hair-raising experiences? 11 Bare-bones sleeper 14 Egypt’s Mubarak 15 Font that’s a homophone for a mermaid 16 Color 17 *Closest to the rail, at Churchill Downs 19 Mitch McConnell’s org. 20 Balance sheet category 21 “Love Story” author

Segal 23 The Big Easy, locally 26 Works 27 Get one’s bearings 28 Refines, as ore 30 Loads 31 “Dandy for your teeth”

old toothpaste 32 Guffaw 35 Ambulance letters 36 Comment about routine work ... and hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues 38 Wee, in Dundee 39 Apply gently 40 Novgorod nos 41 Financial news channel 42 Judge of baseball, for

one 44 Pakistani metropolis 46 Jolson classic 48 Dispensed (with) 49 Privilege of playing first,

in golf 50 Kid’s retort 52 Latin 101 verb 53 *It may be used with a

grunt or two 58 Network soliciting

donors 59 Spry 60 Stubborn 61 Atlanta-to-Charleston

dir. 62 Evaluated 63 Everly Brothers song

sleepyhead

DOWN 1 Pi follower 2 Ages and ages 3 Casper winter hrs. 4 Consumes eagerly 5 Connects logically

6 See-through sheets 7 Once, old-style 8 Social reformer Jacob 9 Magazine with “The Lighter Side of...” features 10 Where apnea might be diagnosed 11 *Suzanne Somers’ “Three’s Company” role 12 Prevention unit 13 Many Microsoft employees 18 “It __ fair!” 22 Tire track 23 Famous 24 Bakery draw 25 *Barely triumphs 26 Napa prefix 28 Overflow 29 Some mil. brass 31 “Understood” 33 Eclipse shadow 34 Country singer Musgraves with six Grammys 36 Cochlea site 37 Child 41 Loire Valley sight 43 2021, por ejemplo 44 __ cod: Pacific Coast

catch 45 “Totes __!”:

really cute 46 Fitness magazine 47 Development sites 48 Like morning grass 50 Somewhat 51 Part 54 JFK alternative 55 Pacino and Capone 56 Water __ 57 Hurricane center