Today's crossword

ACROSS

1 Connected

10 “All good here!” 15 Order of

magnitude? 16 Not touch 17 Paleolithic

innovation 18 Turning points? 19 British pound note featuring Jane Austen 20 Horn in

22 Jettison

23 Take off

24 __ shape 26 Hardly rosy 27 “Broaden your

horizons!”

30 Bank security 31 Self-evident pick 32 Top pick

33 Big name in Early

American art 34 Emmy winner

Helgenberger 35 Drunkenness 37 Cut off

38 Backs

39 Herb used in some Indigenous smudging rituals 40 Life styles? 41 Personal matter? 42 Parking space 44 Fortified, with “up” 46 Cool amount? 49 Sierra __ 51 Smell-O-Vision

rival

53 Source of

intelligence 54 Summary of top

headlines 55 Prankster’s

declaration

56 Mail order?

DOWN

1 Start of a library conversation, maybe 2 Gentileschi’s “Self-Portrait as a __ Player”

3 Just after

4 Mil. title 5 Troublemaker 6 Prize 7 LED component 8 Hilfiger rival 9 Pen name of journalist Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman

10 Sort

11 Element of some meditation exercises 12 Admired with quiet reverence, with “of”

13 Goes back out 14 Crossword editor Harper in Hallmark’s “Crossword Mysteries” series 21 __ nous 23 Hashtag that went viral during a pop star’s legal battle

25 Ewe said it 26 Elevate

27 Kids on a farm 28 Plant that sparked the Victorian craze “pteridomania” ©2022 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

29 Indoor rower, for

short 30 “Smallville” role

for Durance 31 “You okay there?” 32 Cone source 33 Pub trayful 36 Classic car 37 Coastal

formations? 39 Appear to be 41 Cultivated 4/30/22 4/30/22

42 Refinery waste 43 Cuban bar tender 45 Little dipper? 46 Nutmeg spice 47 Supermodel with a cosmetics line for women of color

48 W. Coast force 50 “When will u b

here?”

52 Hoops stat