A GOOD DAY FOR GOLF

ACROSS

1 Cats have nine 6 Trunks of trees 11 Whale cluster 14 Place for a contestant 15 Actor’s business representative 16 Eggs 17 Roundup 19 The Boy King 20 Presidential campaign concern 21 Take a breath 23 Sweetening substance 26 Like some gems 27 Colorless gas 28 Deficient in pigmentation 29 Fruit rinds 30 Broil over briquets 31 Ozone- depleting chemical 34 Card above a deuce 35 Country singer Patsy 36 Large, flightless bird 37 Bro kin 38 Young fowl 39 Tops off a room 40 Makes very happy 42 Item in a sales kit 43 Cringed 45 Champagne concoctions 46 Lopsided 47 French impressionist Claude 48 Young boy 49 Lettuce, escarole and such 54 Porky of cartoons 55 Poppycockish 56 To whom Muslims pray 57 Am for more than one? 58 Eyelid afflictions 59 Epitome of slenderness

DOWN

1 “Fond du” finish 2 The wordy Gershwin 3 Persian examiner 4 In every respect 5 Sockeyes and chinooks 6 Western movie star? 7 “Fee fifo fum” sayer 8 Maui garland 9 Much- desired 10 Write an open letter? 11 Party bowlful, sometimes 12 Plant seed 13 Out of fashion 18 Relax, as one’s grip 22 Lobster mom 23 Scottish clans 24 Wombs 25 Chunk served with crackers 26 Arrowhead material 28 Seed covers 30 Affixed with rubber cement 32 Buster or chap relative 33 Jobs for Poirot 35 One of two sharing an apartment 36 To just a slight degree 38 Partial paralysis 39 Features of many cellphones 41 “My Name is Asher ___” 42 Carry a tune 43 It’s Caesar’s fault? 44 TV studio sign 45 ___ of transportation 47 Horse head feature 50 Produce an egg 51 Conduit corner 52 Carpet feature 53 “Quiet!”