THE DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Chinese New
Year tradition 10 They may be
inflatable
15 Over and over
and over ... 16 Plugged in 17 Leads
18 Degas
contemporary 19 Mel who gave Archie a batting tip in “Field of Dreams”
20 Top choice 21 Called out 22 Momentarily 24 Hold in a match 26 Like
27 “I got this” 29 Cartoon
shopkeeper 30 Help on the job 31 “What a relief!” 35 __ Slam: tennis
coup
37 Puts on again 38 Product whose proteins are aligned in manufacturing 40 Bust maker 41 Scrape (out) 42 Recognize 45 Before now 46 1974 and 1975 Stanley Cup champions 49 Korean jjigae,
e.g.
51 Where Alexander the Great overthrew Darius III
53 Thailand
neighbor
55 Stick in the water 56 Plant from the
Greek for “flame” 57 “I’m serious” 59 Free
60 Cloud content 61 Convenient
breakfast choice 62 Complex unit
DOWN
1 Nigerian National
Museum site
2 “Same here!” 3 Pickup capacity 4 Rapper who co-founded Mass Appeal Records
5 Rear end 6 Georgian, e.g. 7 __ ending 8 Basis for legal
precedent 9 CPR pro 10 Budget noodle
dish 11 Nowhere to be
seen 12 Creative works by devoted followers
13 Like steppes,
mostly
14 It’s fixed 21 “Here’s the
thing ... ” 23 Kind of acid 25 Alley pickup 28 In that case 30 Scary 1986
sequel 32 “Women, Race & Class” author Davis
33 In poor taste 34 Brewery sight 35 Improv spotlight
usurper 36 Techie’s
diagnostic list 38 “Made from the Best Stuff on Earth” drink brand
39 Shoe lift 43 “Becket” star
44 Sap
46 Tight spots 47 Follower of Jah 48 Sub system 50 Yank
52 Fair
54 Like silken tofu 57 Civil rights pioneer __ B. Wells
58 “Mad Money”
host Cramer