Today’s crossword
ACROSS
1 Epithet
6 Econ. indicators 10 Sp. title
14 Loud item in a
closet
16 Easily
manipulated type 17 Study buddies,
often
18 Natl. law group whose “M” is largely obsolete 19 Picnic serving 20 Prandial pokers 21 Cool veggies? 22 Café de __: Mexican drink brewed in a pot 23 Arduous tasks 25 Like some
premium services 28 Scrapped
31 On the offensive,
legally
32 It’s not a side
road
33 Skin lotion brand 34 Stopping at a
KOA, say
35 Fall place 36 Doubts
38 Some shared
rides
39 Excites 40 Fictitious 18th-century autobiographer 41 Mighty Dump
Truck maker 42 Hold-up group? 43 Like some milk,
alas
45 Watch with a
webcam, perhaps 47 Impromptu
speech fillers 50 Italy’s Lake __ 51 “How many licks does it take ... ?” treat
53 Jackie’s designer 54 Overwhelms 55 Lean and
muscular 56 Capital on a fjord 57 Up one day,
down the next
DOWN
1 Spike 2 Ragù __
Bolognese 3 Leaner alternative to pork
4 “What?”
utterances 5 Anchor’s
responsibility 6 Akufo-Addo’s
land
7 Marquee evening 8 Continuous newsroom operations 9 Familiar gp. of 50 10 Facetious metaphor for a difficult situation 11 Mountain
dangers
12 Big volume 13 They didn’t stop
Hannibal
15 Alfred E. Neuman
feature
21 Bop on the bean 22 Aptly named jazz work co-written by Charlie “Bird” Parker
24 When repeated, acclaimed Chinese pianist 25 “I’m here to help” 26 Expected
27 Inexperienced
one
28 Legal orders 29 Two before marzo 30 Fog word 32 Pilots start them 34 Twice-baked
bread
37 Squirt
38 Metal named for
a planet
40 Not pleased
42 In half
43 Shallows craft 44 Social science
course, briefly 46 Gene __
47 Prom style, often 48 Turned some
ground
49 Active 51 Ontario-based
music gp. 52 Self-described “non-musician” Brian