CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Assurance on some menus

6 Current event

10 Crawled?

14 Have the floor

15 Outback option

16 Head light

17 *It’s hard to put down

19 Like much cheese

20 Middle of Cannes?

21 Lend, informally, as money

22 Think the world of

23 *Bond, for one

26 Clothing buyer’s pleased words

29 Also-ran’s terse summary

30 Buzzer beater?

31 Low point

33 “Awesome, dude!”

36 *One of about 50 orbiting the Milky Way

40 Saddlebag

carrier

41 Roof features

42 Qwirkle piece

43 Colonial diplomat Silas

45 Julia of “Ozark”

47 *Put the pedal to

the metal

50 Toyota since 1982

51 31-Down

competitor

52 Anthem author

55 Component of

53-Down

56 Airport annoyance, and a literal hint to the answers to starred clues

59 Slips on

60 Appearance

61 Bagel flavor

62 Genesis grandson

63 Shaw’s “__ and the Man”

64 Units of power

DOWN

1 “Don’t think so”

2 Algerian coastal city

3 Time and Money, briefly

4 Abbr. in some vineyard names

5 Prepare

6 Catcher’s interference is charged as one in baseball

7 Italy’s “Supreme Poet”

8 Titled rapper

9 “__ Blues”: “White Album” track

10 Nuances

11 Old West traveling

group

12 Warn

13 Rock’s Depeche __

18 Lines at the checkout counter?

22 Greek

marketplace

23 Something to

build on

24 Oceans’ motions

25 Sacha Baron

Cohen persona

26 Rae of “Insecure”

27 Christmas poem

opener

28 Inaugural Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee

31 Skin care brand

32 Bolted down

34 Bridge toll unit

35 One skilled at

giving hints?

37 “Rescue Me” actor Denis

38 Road division

39 USPS deliveries

44 Way out

45 Short dip?

46 “As I was

saying ... ”

47 Cameroon

neighbor

48 __ pole

49 Secluded locations

50 Airport ID, e.g.

52 Heal, in a way

53 Showbiz “grand slam” acronym

54 Itches

56 Morning TV fare, initially

57 Word before France or Jordan

58 CNN anchor

Cabrera