DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Possible cause

of price cuts 5 Sensitivity

symptom

9 Bucks’ gp. 12 Overdo, perhaps 14 Greeting or

parting word 15 Larter of

“Heroes”

16 One might be

involved in a gag 19 Finish in a winery 20 Gossamer

21 Talk with one’s

hands 22 Conductor

Klemperer 24 Again and again,

in verse 27 Composer of

“furniture music” 29 Decision-making board with no members 33 Haydn oratorio,

with “The”

35 Bull elk, at times 36 Sauce named

for a city 38 Fancifies 39 Transaction involving the repurchase of securities recently unloaded

40 “... a __ sorrows and acquainted with grief”: “Messiah” 41 Pound parts 42 Bobs and weaves 43 Lean meat source 45 Shows interest ...

or a lack of it 47 __ Minor

50 Certain cookie

vendor’s reward 55 Symphonist’s

work

57 Semana seventh 58 Pre-owned

59 Digs

60 Stock thriller

character 61 Queens, e.g. 62 Within: Pref.

DOWN

1 Slip

2 Broadway theatre

dedicatee Alfred 3 Drives

4 Travelers’ aids,

briefly

5 Lays on, as

buttercream 6 Sneak, in a way

7 Insert indicator 8 Plot device?

9 Org. in 2018’s

“First Man” 10 Like-minded

group

11 Like a screened-in porch, say 12 Car-washsponsoring org., maybe

13 Black numbers? 17 Prominent figure in the Reign of Terror

18 Loses, with “off” 23 Connected (with) 24 Certain razor

namesake

25 2002 title role

for Salma 26 Carpenter’s joint

component 28 Open-mouthed 30 Tale in which Hector and Achilles duel 31 __ shot

32 Horned zodiac

animal

34 Agile performer 35 Twice-baked

cookies 37 Astringent in

red wine

41 Like some bio

majors 44 Get to chuckle 46 Observed, maybe

47 Some are visual 48 Short cut? 49 Words from

Dr. Watson 51 Great American

Ball Park team 52 Effort 53 Command in

BASIC

54 Musician whose name is a number in reverse 56 Pitmaster’s

application