CROSSWORD

SKIRTING THE ISSUE

ACROSS

1 Bayou predator, briefly

6 Milky Way unit 10 Loses firmness 14 Wahine’s “Welcome!” 15 Transfer via treaty 16 Having trouble deciding

17 Herb in Thai cuisine 19 Alaska’s ranks first among states

20 Bough-removing

tool

21 Study frenziedly

22 President from

Plains

24 Fulfill, as an online

order

25 “Oops!” prompter

26 Cited another’s

words

29 Silver State

gambling mecca

30 Open, as a gate

31 Driver’s emergency

item

36 Romantically

linked pair

37 Makes uncashable

38 Shepherd in

Genesis

39 Lap dog with curly

hair

41 Is in harmony

42 YouTube clips,

briefly

43 A pep talk may

boost it

44 Top importance

48 Swarm members

49 Story setting

50 Lara Croft raid site

51 Favorable factor

54 Prophet who was a

shepherd

55 Stave-securing ring

58 Hawkeye Pierce’s

shelter

59 1.75”-diameter

cookie

60 Needing two

seats, perhaps 61 Turn in horseshoes 62 Cyclops, Iceman

et al.

63 Sens. Harris and Gillibrand, for two

DOWN

1 Glitzy gathering

2 Emcee Trebek

3 Huge volume

4 “I thought so!”

5 Farmer with a spread 6 Doggie bag morsel

7 Pep talk audience 8 Paid spots 9 Repeals, as a ruling

10 Take step one 11 Place for a stent 12 Aesop’s tongue 13 Nab with a noose 18 Urban street layout

23 Dating from

24 “Forever” purchase

25 Winner at

Gettysburg 26 Become an

ex-smoker

27 Biblical preposition

28 Carry out dutifully

29 Muddies up

31 McDowall of “Planet

of the Apes”

32 Wolves’ hideouts

33 “Waterloo”

foursome

34 Pre-digital film unit

35 “If that doesn’t

work . . .”

37 Larynx,

commonly

40 STP logo

shape

41 Average guy

43 Social media

sensation

44 Oliver of

“Chicago Med”

45 Ill-fated Shakespearean lover

46 Pictures on

toolbars

47 Ketch’s pair

48 B, on the

periodic table 50 “K-i-s-s-i-n-g” place

51 Greeting card words, often 52 Popular tattoo flower

53 Remove the cork

from

56 Movable mannequin part 57 “Silicon Valley” network