The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Pinnacle
5 Zither kin
9 Is profitable
13 Like a clown car’s passengers
15 __ palak: dish of potatoes and spinach
16 Brilliant artist beset by personal demons, say 18 Condition that may be treated with CBT
19 Hand (out)
20 Coding shortcut
21 Activities Rudolph was kept from joining
24 Dudes
25 2020 and 2022 WNBA MVP Wilson
26 Sagan who hosted the original “Cosmos”
28 Little red Corvette or little deuce coupe
30 “The French Dispatch” director Anderson
33 Southern part of the Mariana Trench
37 Certain sib
38 Engrave
39 With competence
40 “Don’t __ me started”
41 20s dispensers
43 Leafy side
49 Unsettling, in a way
50 Word on Irish coins
51 Issa of “The Lovebirds”
52 Not conforming to traditional male/ female norms, and a hint to this puzzle’s circles
55 Burn balm
56 Prison drama that was Jonathan Demme’s directorial debut
57 Multitude in a pointillist painting
58 Copied
59 Norway’s most populous city
DOWN
1 Person in a cast
2 Jim who sang “I Got a Name”
3 Time to celebrate with one’s krewe mates
4 First responder: Abbr.
5 First responders, e.g.
6 “Easy on Me” singer
7 Rodeo contestant
8 GIF alternative
9 Land on an isthmus
10 Painter Neel known for nudes
11 “What’s mine is __”
12 Meh
14 In need of a doggy bath, maybe
17 Key with four sharps
22 No longer valid
23 Garden entrance
26 Hypo units
27 Fish at a sushi bar
28 Anti-apartheid org.
29 “Gross”
30 Episodes on Youtube, say
31 Fish at a sushi bar
32 Hidden asset?
34 Actress-turnedartist Sobieski
35 “__ Jones Sings Lady Day”: 2001 album
36 Title for Judi Dench
40 Moves smoothly
41 “Deal!”
42 Traction aid
43 Gnarls Barkley singer-songwriter Green
44 “... unless you’d rather do something else”
45 Summary at the start of a new season, e.g. 46 Mournful tune
47 __ blockade
48 Take care of
49 Quaint oath
53 TV pioneer
54 However briefly?