Crossword
No. 0303
ACROSS
Body part 1 whose name comes from the Latin for “little mouse”
Wise 7
Sponsored 11 posts, essentially Symbol 14 tattooed on Popeye’s forearm
Fairy tale villain 15 Gossip fodder, 16 slangily
Avoids, with
17 “of”
Sardonic 19
Like forks 20 Places for 21 congregations With 9-Down, 22 goose liver Knock down, in 23 Britain
A white one 24 might be excused
Steels (oneself) 25 Father 26
Good time on 27 Wall Street Mysteries 29
Letter sign-off 31 Ancient Greek 32 gathering places
Hot spot 33
Utah ski area 37 The Father of 39 Modern Physics Open audition, 40 informally
Bird in “Alice’s 44 Adventures in Wonderland” First 45 astrological sign Biochemical 46 messenger Academic 47 musts, for short
All-out sprint 48 Lecture series 49 focused on “ideas worth spreading” Sharp 50
Partner of 52 neither
2021 in the 53 Chinese zodiac, with a hint to 17-, 27- and 40-Across Styled after 55 Push 56
Senator 57 Feinstein
Faux ___ 58 Traditional 59 Thanksgiving desserts
Went bad 60
DOWN
Naval post 1
Like the 2 Energizer
Bunny
Imagined 3 development Pizzeria tool 4 Singer with the 5 2017 #1 album “Melodrama” Nervous 6 speech fillers Cirque du ___ 7 Not look bad 8 after all this time
See 22-Across 9 Suffix with 10 racket and rocket
In action 11
Ridicule 12
Speak, 13 old-style Mediocre grade 18 Noted evening 22 radio address Rapper in court 25 Wine-dark ___, 26 metaphor in Homer’s “Odyssey” Wallop 27
Most frequent, 28 statistically
Crowded places 30 on Black Friday Well-spoken 34 Energy source 35 in Minecraft As well 36
Measure of 38 land
British 39 pharma giant, informally
Quick snooze 40 Colored part of 41 the iris
Jeweled bands 42 Chef José ___, 43 founder of World Central Kitchen
Ten to one, for 47 one
Actress Hatcher 49 Marked, as a 51 ballot
“That’s right!” 53 Prez who 54 delivered some 22-Downs