CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 “Not my first choice, but it’s fine”

16 Dating milestones

17 Fare for some Catholics on Lenten Fridays

18 GPS heading

19 Comedian Foxx

20 Dubious ability

21 Cranks (up)

23 Talk dirty

27 Warts and all

28 Select

29 Peach

32 Smooch in a lift, say

33 Sportswear portmanteau

37 “Been there”

39 Color choices

for bandages,

e.g.

40 Sister who brings the snowman Olaf to life

41 “Chopped” host Allen

42 Post-WWII alliance

43 Soften up

44 Knife block insert

46 __-Rooter

47 Gibbon, for one

49 Squeezed (out)

51 “CrazySexyCool” trio 54 The Marshall

Project cause 59 Lacrosse

strategy

60 Quality

inspection?

DOWN

1 Rascals

2 Says

3 Lacking flavor

or experience

4 More

succinctly?

5 Medical waste collected in red containers

6 Spots

7 Spot

8 Steers steers

9 Graynor of “The Disaster Artist”

10 Gp. known for

screenings

11 Haggard,

perhaps

12 Sequence

13 Social

reformer Jacob

14 Last

15 Retired

boomer

22 “Bad and Boujee” hip-hop group

24 Fictional detective who was born in Montenegro

25 Pentathlon

equipment

26 End in __ 27 Tattoo joint?

29 French Revolution device

30 “The Elephant Celebes” painter Max

31 Hertz prefix

32 Filter (through)

33 Perfume oil

34 “All __ in favor ... “

35 Female lobster

36 Nasty fall

38 “Mind. Blown.” 43 Change

44 Mexican cheese?

45 “Jojo Rabbit” actress Wilson

46 Fill a flat again

47 “Rule, Britannia” composer

48 Docking station

50 “The Power of the Dog” Oscar nominee Smit-McPhee 52 “Your __”

53 Tech news

dot-com

54 Grammy

category

55 Half an iconic 1981 Rolling Stone cover

56 Start to sense?

57 __ Matronic of

Scissor Sisters

58 Holiday celebrated with bánh chu’ng