Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Gives in to gravity 5 Annoying little
kids
9 Hunter’s plastic
duck, e.g.
14 Clear off the road,
as snow 15 Actress Gilbert of
“The Conners” 16 Make amends 17 What “Ten-hut!” is
short for 19 Income __
20 *Do business
shrewdly
22 Tidy up
23 “__ you kidding?” 24 Off-the-wall 27 Walmart
warehouse club 28 *Murmur lovingly 32 Muslim mystic 33 Lake near Carson
City
34 *Basic experimentation method
39 Sea item sold by 39-Down, in a tongue-twister 40 Say no to
41 *Like a typical
walking stride 44 Bygone Japanese audio brand 48 Conclusion 49 Boardroom VIP 50 The Lone __ 52 Compromising standpoint ... and what the answers to starred clues contain?
55 Deck alternative 58 Belittle 59 17-syllable
Japanese poem 60 Suffix with major 61 Auth. unknown 62 Desert retreats 63 Monica’s brother
on “Friends” 64 German thinker
Immanuel
DOWN
1 Reproduces like
salmon
2 __ Gibson, first African-American to win a Grand Slam tennis title 3 Pep rally cheer 4 Candy and
such
5 Turkey’s largest
city
6 Principal
7 Spur to action 8 Beach footwear 9 Job of typing in facts and figures 10 List-shortening
abbr. 11 Courteney who played Monica on “Friends” 12 Single
13 “By all means!” 18 Phillies’ div. 21 Significant
stretch of time 24 Twice cuatro 25 Way in
26 Forest female 29 “__ tree falls in
the forest ... ” 30 High-end
chocolatier 31 __ es Salaam 32 Lustful
34 At that time 35 Oboe or clarinet 36 Not feeling well 37 __ volente: God
willing 38 Vigorous qualities to put into one’s work
39 See 39-Across 42 Nancy Drew’s
beau
43 Walk feebly 44 Arctic jacket 45 Exotic lizard kept
as a pet
46 Was happening 47 Passionate 51 Buenos Aires’
country: Abbr. 52 Karaoke prop that often ends in “c” nowadays 53 Jared of “Dallas
Buyers Club” 54 Tolkien creatures 55 Vietnamese
soup
56 Small battery 57 “__ the
season ... ”