CROSSWORDS

ACROSS

1 GI on the lam

5 Annual festival in Austin, TX 9 Tot’s crumb catcher 12 Rural strolling spot 13 Short dog, for short 14 Forearm bone

15 French preposition 16 Rationale

17 Gloomy aura

18 Nissan sedans since 1982 20 Put away, as loot 22 “Blade Runner” actor Rutger __

23 Lives

24 Take away

26 Brought up

27 “Night” author Wiesel 28 Finance guru Suze 30 1815 classic whose title character is played by Anya Taylor-Joy in a 2020 film 34 Common interest group 35 “Same”

36 Campus bigwig 37 Novelist Morrison 38 Derby town in Surrey, England

39 Frigg’s husband 40 Steakhouse order 42 Steakhouse order 44 Database systems giant 47 Jousting weapon 48 Revenue source in many a free app 50 Counterpoint melody 52 Kid’s plea for permission 53 Fairway chunk

55 “__ girl!”

56 “Law & Order: SVU” co-star

57 Storm rescue op

58 2007 U.S. Women’s Open winner Cristie

59 Lil Wayne’s “__ Carter V” 60 File partner

61 “Grand” ice cream brand

DOWN

1 “Sad to say ... ” 2 Greet from across the street, say

3 Phrase of unity in the Pledge of Allegiance 4 Itinerary for touring speakers

5 Health club amenities 6 Crosses (out)

7 Winter getaway need, maybe

8 Brunch dish with ham and peppers

9 Malaise, with “the” 10 Cove, e.g.

11 Gets thinner, in a way 14 Food named for how it’s baked, and a hint to each set of circles

16 Flatbed scanner relative 19 Blues-rocker Chris 21 Lumberjack competition projectile 24 Mortgage balance, e.g. 25 Nonsense

26 Ulan __: former Anglicization of Mongolia’s capital 29 Matterhorn and Weisshorn: Abbr.

31 Treated, in a way 32 Primary way in

33 Dudek of “Mad Men” 41 Matterhorn or Weisshorn

43 Courtroom VIPs 44 Footnote abbr.

45 Jazz drummer Max 46 Sleep disturbance 49 Operatic icon

50 Tie up at the pier 51 Patches, as a driveway 54 Part of a moving story