CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Filtered messages

5 Walk, e.g.

9 Disreputable

14 Get sucked into,

in a way

16 Choice word

17 Certain charger 18 Opposite of

après

19 Director’s cut,

perhaps

20 Discovery

21 It may be slashed 22 Curiosity shop

stock

25 Tray opening

27 “Fake” salon

service

28 Tool box?

31 Trenton Thunder,

for one

33 Stop on the road 34 Adulterate (with),

perhaps

35 Bite harmlessly 36 Feet treat

37 Japanese salad

veggie

38 Aussie

agreement

39 “__ sow ... ”

40 Low-fat, lowsodium regimen 42 Noble title

44 Got off the point 45 Religion involving

ritual magic

49 Possible swing

result

50 Rare medical

service

54 Stuns, in a way 55 “Terrible idea”

56 Pop superstar

from Tottenham 57 Smarts

58 Like contested

divorces

59 Villainous giggle 60 Batik artist

DOWN

1 Quick-witted 2 Hoosier State NBAer

3 Gaming pioneer

4 The ’70s, in a Tom Wolfe essay

5 “Um, what?”

expression

6 “__ way!”

7 Street fair treats

8 Term trademarked by Lakers’ coach Pat Riley, even though the team never achieved one under his leadership 9 Spume at the

shore

10 Joshing

11 Silly comments

12 Pleasurable diversions, informally

13 Still

15 Dylan Thomas’s

home

23 Like the 1972 film “Fritz the Cat,” originally

24 Miss Hannigan’s

charge

26 Pocket square, e.g. 27 March VIP

28 Sounds tipsy,

maybe 29 Was on Easy

Street

30 Oil spills, e.g.

32 Aspired

36 Lost one’s cool 38 Hardly a quick

jaunt

41 Whiteboard

props

43 1936 Olympics

standout

46 Clever

47 Conclusion

48 Get to fit

51 Chiwere-speaking

native

52 “I’m toast”

53 Toast, sometimes 54 Flat-topped cap