CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Hairy swinger 4 Blue semiprecious stone 11 Vainglory 14 “Blue Bloods” actor Selleck 15 Joint Chiefs member 16 Bubbly title 17 Dreamed of a career in politics 20 Mythical hunter 21 Considerable stretches 22 Thames academy 23 Old Opry network 24 Nice picnic spot? 25 Burn soothers 26 Took part in a revival 29 Hit one out, in baseball parlance 30 Atomic number of nitrogen 31 TV commentator Navarro 32 Fort Collins sch. 34 Cone producer 35 “Amscray!” 38 Singer Lopez 40 Name on a “Little Women” book jacket 42 “We can’t win!” and “It’s useless!” 45 “Something to Talk About” singer 46 Low-quality 47 Mining supply 48 Subject of the documentary “Blackfish” 49 __-g 50 Terra __ 52 New father’s task, maybe ... and what the three other longest puzzle answers have in common? 55 Luv 56 Candy bowl holder’s rule on Halloween 57 __ generis 58 Short albums, for short 59 “Afterwards ... ” 60 Word before cow, dog or lion

DOWN

1 Somewhat 2 Physics particle 3 Spanish stuffed pastry 4 Taj Mahal city 5 Zombiepocalypse start? 6 Like a zombie 7 Snappy comebacks 8 Japanese show set in a kitchen 9 New resort Mexico 10 Pixie 11 Publishing house hiree 12 Start admitting both men and women 13 Fodder for soothsayers 18 Navel variety 19 Pen denizen 24 Soft drink choices 25 Last Olds models 26 Dustin Johnson’s org. 27 Confidential 28 More wicked 33 Still wrapped 35 Garganta of “Femforce” comics, e.g. 36 “No kidding?” 37 Road gunk 38 Saturn’s largest moon 39 “It’s not coming to me” 41 “High five!” 42 Drive-in server 43 Puerto __: San Juan natives 44 “Camptown Races” refrain syllables 45 Valium maker 49 “A People’s History of the United States” writer Howard 50 “High Hopes” lyricist 51 China setting 53 Small Indian state 54 Puck’s place