CROSSWORD THE SOAPS
ACROSS
1 Talked nonsense
6 “Batman” fight scene word 9 Surrounded by 13 Water bill datum 14 Crayon characteristic
15 Talked nonstop
17 Grated citrus peel
19 It ’s all the rage
20 Casual affirmative
21 Email folder heading
22 Puts a gleaming finish on
23 Saver of the day
24 Unfriendly manner
25 Pulitzer-winning Larry McMurtry novel
29 Thwart, as a crisis
30 “Aye” or “nay,” perhaps
31 Cry out loud
34 Spice in pumpkin pie
35 One of a clown’s pair
37 Signal to record a message
38 Yosemite grazer
39 Big toe affliction, often
40 Worse than bad
41 Home to North African pirates
44 Develop, as a skill
47 Satisfies the munchies
48 Captain Bligh’s mutinied ship
49 Longtime home to Crusoe
50 Victoria’s Secret buy
53 Overplay a part
54 One-touch phone feature
56 Soda bottle size
57 Ante’s destination
58 Krugerrand’s weight
59 Ungentlemanly sorts
60 Radio or TV spots 61 Mr. Potato Head parts
DOWN
1 National Grilling Month 2 Words of enlightenment 3 Improvise, to a musician
4 Narcissist’s display
5 Most thickheaded
6 Sports wunderkind
7 Expel from power
8 Needing a towel
9 Store, as public records
10 One of “A Few Good Men”
11 Devoid of substance 12 Takes a catnap 16 Legendary loch 18 Odometer’s initial reading
22 “Presumed Innocent” novelist Turow
23 “Where we are now”
24 Golden calf, e.g.
25 Unconvincing, as an excuse
26 Egg’s silhouette
27 Guitar part
28 Madonna title role
31 TV room furniture
32 Unwelcome burden
33 Safari jacket accessory
35 “Didn’t mean to do that”
36 Lipstick unit
37 Ark complements
39 Skiers’ leg coverings
40 Followed, as a tip
41 Started a squeeze play
42 Puts back to
18-Down
43 Bush 41 and
43’s school
44 Slain shepherd of scripture
45 “Peanuts” or “Pickles”
46 Salesperson’s target figure
49 Apple’s “jukebox”
50 Bargain basement containers 51 Word after rat or road
52 Some Samuel Adams offerings
54 Place for a bikini wax
55 Simon & Garfunkel, e.g.