DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Ring pairs 9 Result of hitting the bar? 14 Some strays 16 Plant from the Greek for “flame” 17 Agitated 18 Garlicky sauce 19 Present, say 20 One to keep

closer? 22 Setting for a Det. Tigers game 23 Designer of many Harper’s Bazaar covers 24 Golden Horde

members 25 Dancer Chmerkovskiy of “Dancing With the Stars” 26 Rutabagas, e.g. 27 Chicago Cubs’ spring training city 28 Squired 32 Lethal phosphorus compound 33 Lose control,

in a way 34 Grind 36 Evasive 37 Epitome of

slowness 38 Parted sea 39 “Rent” Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist 41 __ se 42 Fortune 43 Private dining

room? 47 “Yada yada

yada” letters 48 Place to get

clean 49 “Affliction”

Oscar nominee 50 Key location 52 Vanity case? 54 Bean seen

on screen 55 “Aha!” 56 Many a combine model 57 Some seniors DOWN 1 Kind of buds? 2 Size up, maybe? 3 Sparkle 4 Far from flowery 5 Title narrator in an 1847 novel 6 Deck top 7 Entered the pool? 8 Hindered the development of 9 Fixes 10 Golden ratio symbol 11 Some succulents 12 Frigid 13 They’re turnoffs 15 Stick a fork in 21 “__ Robinson” 24 Peace Nobelist of 1984 26 Metal-measure word 27 Men’s home? 28 Sci-fi emergency vehicle 29 Fifth wheel 30 Cuban home? 31 Law school newbie 32 Kenton of jazz 34 Bruins’ home 35 Beaucoup, with “of” 37 Onetime Sterling Optical spokesman 39 Piece of fiction 40 Beyond the

pale? 42 Scandinavian

capital 43 “Bouquet of Sunflowers” painter 44 Choice 45 Flight segment 46 Splinter groups 49 Badgers or

hounds 51 Negative link 53 Prefix with life

or wife

By Debbie Ellerin © 2016 Tribune Content Agency, LLC.