FOUNTAIN FAVES
ACROSS
1 Not single-gender
5 Overhead bin contents
9 Mary of “The Maltese Falcon” 14 Fit for the task 15 Quadruped’s foreleg bone 16 Teakettle’s spot 17 Foam noodle or inflatable raft 19 Studied intently, with “over”
20 Illuminator in a shirt pocket, perhaps
21 Orator of old Rome
22 Cultural grant org.
23 Turkey meat option
24 Examined thoroughly, as for evidence
28 Place to buy a whoopee cushion 32 Highway patrol device
33 Rattle, in a way
34 Paddington Bear’s homeland
35 In a frenzied way
36 Entree go-withs
37 Pals, to a Brit
38 Hatcher of “Planes”
39 Dismissed unceremoniously
40 Supports a telethon
41 Catches in a trap
43 Like gruel
44 Tickled pink
45 Square on a biscuit
46 Strands at a ski lodge, perhaps
49 Subject that’s best avoided
54 Meerkat in “The Lion King” 55 Equitable opportunity
56 Piano student’s exercise
57 Lord High Everything ___
58 Monster in Grimm tales 59 Grand Canyon formations
60 Hoer’s target
61 Pep talk audience
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1 Al who created Dogpatch 2 Typically black reed instrument 3 Musk of Neura-link and Open-AI
4 HP competitor
5 Was bursting at the seams
6 Lei giver’s greeting
7 Pest in a swarm
8 Parked oneself
9 Have a lofty ambition 10 Issuance of new shares
11 Made a mad dash
12 No longer obsessed with 13 Modernize, as decor
18 Like 18K gold, vis-a-vis 14K gold 21 Bakers’ creations
23 Grabbed forty winks
24 Talk gibberish
25 Noodles in many dorm rooms
26 Signs of decay
27 Refrigerator boxful that absorbs
26-Down
28 Makes wearisome
29 Lift with great effort
30 Neatnik’s desire
31 Purring pet, casually
33 Prearranged the winner of
36 Clingy wrap brand
40 Places to deplane
42 Roomy Dior dresses
43 Engaged in hostilities
45 Charm school subject
46 Celeb couple, in tabloids
47 Commend for bravery, say
48 Fleet-footed avians
49 Event on a store circular
50 Track and field spheroid
51 Senator’s gofer
52 Gumbo need
53 Rain in bucketfuls
55 Limited number of