“Spuh Day” — or is it schwa day?
ACROSS
1 Raises, as children
6 “___ Paradise” (“Weird Al” Yankovic song)
11 Acad. or univ.
14 Former inmate
15 Expensive drive in Beverly Hills
16 Nail polish target
17 Billy Idol song about Italian ice cream?
19 Gp. with many specialists 20 BLT ingredient
21 Jotted down
23 Manipulates
24 Repair bill item
27 Terrier treaters
28 Part of a desk set
29 1977 American League MVP Rod
30 Personnel group
31 Bits
32 Succeeded at an escape room
33 Commercial photo source that’s only for pasta pics? 37 “Catch-22” author
38 Core
39 Acrylic fiber brand
40 Turn to God? 41 Psychological org.
44 Gas station still available in
Canada
45 “___ do everything myself?” 46 “Back in the ___” (Beatles song) 47 You can’t make a silk purse out of it, it’s said
49 Anti-allergy brand
51 Hex- ender
52 Boxing match with a Dutch philosopher and ethicist?
55 California NBA team, on a scoreboard
56 Lacking fruit on the bottom, e.g. 57 Italy’s largest lake
58 Capital of Liberia? 59 Gossipmonger
60 Actor Williams of “Happy Days”
DOWN
1 Get plenty of sleep
2 Reveal, as a secret
3 Insight
4 Some 20-Acrosses
5 Obnoxious brat
6 Jackie’s husband #2
7 Mid-May honoree
8 Comment from someone who changed their mind after an epiphany
9 Title with a tilde
10 “Joy to the World” songwriter Axton
11 Alaskan Malamute or Boston
Terrier, e.g.
12 What dreams may do
13 Call center equipment
18 On or earlier (than)
22 James Cameron movie that outgrossed “Titanic”
25 “I smell ___!” 26 Closer-than-close friends 29 “Famous Blue Raincoat” singer Leonard
30 Former FBI director James 31 Arctic homes
32 Cocktail with lemon juice and soda
33 Vans may get a deep discount here
34 Kind of pronoun
35 First part of a Shakespeare title
36 Quick doc. signature
40 Fruit banned on Singapore subways
41 Fur-fortune family
42 Fake prefix?
43 Certain inverse trig function 45 Canada’s official tree 46 Rural opposite
48 Notice from afar
50 Baba ___ (witch of folklore) 53 Annual coll. basketball contest
54 Words before whim or dime