CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 “General Hospital,” for one

5 Care

9 Bogus offer 13 Wheel shaft

14 Admit

15 Latin bear

16 “Don’t switch to memory foam”

18 Softball clubs

19 SASE, perhaps

20 R&B’s __ Hill

21 Data transfer unit

23 Vend

24 Laura of the “Jurassic Park” films

25 “Pray we can hold on to the smaller one, which is more comfortable than the king”

32 Makes the first bid

33 Srs.’ nest eggs

34 Rain-__ gum

35 Pastures

36 Brunch staple

38 Void partner

39 Coastal raptor

40 Mammoth

41 HS class with a big reading list

42 “Please doublestitch the new sham”

46 Poet of ancient Rome

47 Rackets

48 See 59-Across

51 PC file suffix

52 Xiao long __: soup dumpling

55 Sow sound

56 Nighttime heartto-heart that’s taken literally in this puzzle

59 With 48-Across, one who is eventually successful

60 “Finding Dory” setting

61 Peru’s capital

62 Stretches between forces, briefly

63 Gender-fluid pronoun

64 Sculpting material

DOWN

1 Quaff with sushi

2 Rice paddy team

3 Oscar winner Guinness

4 Liveliness

5 Self-contained unit

6 Wall St. announcement

7 Packaging meas.

8 Signed, sealed, and delivered agreement

9 Outback maker

10 Cosmic cloud that resembles a crustacean

11 Sparkling wine region

12 Sloop pole

14 PC paste combo

17 Dot journal entries

22 Nonelective courses, informally

23 Nine-digit IDs

25 64-Across creature of Jewish folklore

26 Word with glasses or gloves

27 Novelist who wrote the “Odd Thomas” thrillers

28 Big cat in “Life of Pi”

29 Otto I’s realm: Abbr.

30 New York Harbor’s __ Island

31 “Tropic Thunder” actor

36 Place to watch Greyhounds

37 Actor’s rep

38 Background figures in video games, for short

40 Actor Corey

41 Vice president under 45-Down

43 Conjures

44 Beck album with the single “Where It’s At”

45 President who resigned in 1974

48 Daring

49 Actor Neeson

50 Buttery

52 Cut out early

53 __ mater

54 Approve

57 Director Spike

58 “Waterfalls” trio