By Caroline Ho, Contributor
ACROSS
1. K-6 or K-7 in many dists.
5. All __
9. Dull pain
13. Crumbly cheese
14. Common bacterial infection
16. __ dire
17. Beneficial for one?
19. Jazz singer James
20. One found on a Mediterranean capital?
22. Heroism (US sp.)
23. Prefix meaning “equal”
24. Fish eggs
25. Got bigger
26. Daunt
29. Part of the face
31. Pop-ups
32. Alexa competitor
33. __-Ball
34. Type of tree, and hint to all of the starred clues
36. Bass or C
37. Source of chèvre
38. FDR’s successor
41. Leg part
42. __ and terminer
43. Part of une semaine
44. Citation style
45. Ending for “Titan” or “Einstein”
47. Lack of common sense
48. One made into winter wear?
53. A fan of
54. One controlling the weather?
56. Marsh plant
57. Mattress company
58. Germanic character
59. To be, en français
60. “I really appreciate it,” briefly
61. It’s super popular in Hawaii
DOWN
1. CD-follower
2. Late singer-songwriter Cohen
3. Stars, en français
4. __ Disease
5. Those, en español
6. “The Bell of __”
7. Titular character of an upcoming 2021 Disney film
8. Coin
9. State strongly
10. Select group
11. Woos
12. Get rid of
15. Lougheed or 99, e.g.
18. Not against
21. Word before “book” or “watch”
22. Type of monitor connector
26. Feudal property
27. Pirate’s cry
28. “__ Stardust”
30. Egg layer
32. 11th-century King of Denmark
33. Burn
34. Inventor Whitney
35. Eggs
36. Rights-granting document
38. Hidden away
39. Grape variety
40. Taste
41. Keyboard instrument
42. Brunch option
43. A standard deck has two
44. Blazing
46. Male relatives, briefly
47. US broadband regulator
49. Mine deposit
50. Finding __ (2016)
51. Sticks (out)
52. Eve’s partner
55. Sleeping state
