Quick Crossword
Across
1 Department concerned with wages
6 “Word”
10 Kazakhstan’s North __ Sea 14 D-Day beach name
15 Sushi wrapper
16 Get a better rate, for short 17 *Opera buffa by Mozart 20 “Your point being?”
21 They mean nothing
22 End zone marker
23 Leaves at the altar
24 Tropical trees
25 Vegan milk source 28 Mountainous region of the Levant
29 *Landscape options in dry climates
32 “CSI” evidence
35 __ in handy
36 Missay, say
37 God of love
38 Swanky hotel amenity
39 *One skilled at manipulating characters
43 Memos
45 Crow’s-nest cry
46 Race town near Windsor Castle 47 Red carpet brand
49 Pertaining to bees
50 __ Sound Machine
51 Explosive letters
54 “Not quite!,” and what can be said about a letter string in the answer to each starred clue
57 “Get your own!”
58 Free of fizz
59 Protein-building acid
60 Online crafts site
61 __ up: tell all
62 Lite
Down
1 Kirke of “Mozart in the Jungle” 2 “Preach!”
3 Boston or Chicago
4 Cry of discovery
5 Poking fun at
6 Like noble gases
7 Long-extinct flightless birds 8 Eye part
9 Many a moving meme
10 Sock pattern
11 La Liga team that plays in Santiago
Bernabéu Stadium
12 Curly hairstyles
13 Wildebeest hunter
18 Nintendo princess
19 Tablets at some checkout counters
23 Routine element
24 Many a 23-Down
25 Circle parts
26 Roller coaster feature 27 Supersize suburban homes 28 Ryan of “Bosch” 30 Suggestions, informally
31 Soft & __
33 Have a snack
34 Apropos of
37 Sicilian mount
39 Back up an apology, say
40 Gel
41 Avis rival
42 Far beyond the norm
44 Irish dramatist Seán 46 College-level HS English course 47 Falafel holders
48 Tirades
49 Cartoon maker of Invisible Paint and Instant Road 50 Stubborn beast
51 “Yay, the weekend’s almost here!”
52 Grandmother’s nickname 53 Moderate gait
55 Lifelong pal, briefly
56 “If u ask me ... ”