DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Fall follower? 5 Ophidian

menace 8 Brightness stats 11 Arts supporters 14 Frat letter 15 Akhenaten’s son 16 On the level 17 Battle of Khafji

conflict 19 “Battle it

out” quintet 20 Plasma particle 21 Loafer’s lack 22 Some audiobooks 23 Pro shop

supplies 26 Opposite of bids 27 Kool-Aid

alternative 28 “__ Eterno”: 2004 sports documentary 29 Boorish 30 Detergent with

Oxi Booster 31 Bone: Pref. 32 “Seasons in the

Sun” songwriter 33 Dot on an

MTA map 34 “Love in the Time of __”: García Márquez work 36 ICU staffer 39 “Can’t argue

with that!” 41 Former car

financing org. 42 It may come

after you 43 Court attire 45 Rooting sound 46 Hardly bright 47 “Agreed!” 48 Title girl in a

1965 #1 hit 50 Sushi topper 51 Mall draw 52 Sci-fi suffix 53 Signs of

dissatisfaction 55 Appears ... and the contents of this puzzle’s circles? 57 “Missed your

chance!” 59 Brief facilities? 60 Zing 61 Early Alaskans 62 Memphis-to

Nashville dir. 63 Year abroad 64 Payroll deduc

tion, perhaps

DOWN

1 The Police, most

of the time 2 Bit of deception 3 A, in Argentina 4 ISP option 5 Shoptalk 6 Treats as per

sona non grata 7 D.C. figure 8 Realization often preceded by “Whew!” 9 Charlatans 10 Hardly gloss over 11 Still-life subject 12 Swallowed

one’s pride 13 Rodgers and Hart title lyric that precedes “I get no dizzy spells” 18 Roadside warning 20 James Brown

memoir 24 Inclusive pronoun 25 Quartet member 29 One way to

lighten the mood 32 Word before or

after name 35 Key of Dvorák’s “New World Symphony”: Abbr. 37 Before 38 They can’t

be beaten 40 Get Wired again 43 Fight in the

sticks 44 Fred Astaire, by

birth 48 President François Hollande’s birthplace 49 Whale relative 54 Bulldog fans 56 Facial spot 57 Brother of Jack

and Bobby 58 College Football Playoff champion crowned Jan. 12, 2015