Today's 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22 No longer valid 23 Garden entrance 26 Hypo units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?