CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Across
1 Possible cause of price cuts
5 Sensitivity symptom
9 Bucks’ gp.
12 Overdo, perhaps
14 Greeting or parting word
15 Larter of “Heroes”
16 One might be involved in a gag
19 Finish in a winery
20 Gossamer
21 Talk with one’s hands
22 Conductor Klemperer
24 Again and again, in verse
27 Composer of “furniture music”
29 Decision-making board with no members
33 Haydn oratorio, with “The”
35 Bull elk, at times
36 Sauce named for a city
38 Fancifies
39 Transaction involving the repurchase of securities recently unloaded
40 “... a __ sorrows and acquainted with grief”: “Messiah”
41 Pound parts
42 Bobs and weaves
43 Lean meat source
45 Shows interest ... or a lack of it
47 __ Minor
50 Certain cookie vendor’s reward
55 Symphonist’s work
57 Semana seventh
58 Pre-owned
59 Digs
60 Stock thriller character
61 Queens, e.g.
62 Within: Pref.
Down
1 Slip
2 Broadway theatre dedicatee Alfred
3 Drives
4 Travelers’ aids, briefly
5 Lays on, as buttercream
6 Sneak, in a way
7 Insert indicator
8 Plot device?
9 Org. in 2018’s “First Man”
10 Like-minded group
11 Like a screened-in porch, say
12 Car-wash-sponsoring org., maybe
13 Black numbers?
17 Prominent figure in the Reign of Terror
18 Loses, with “off”
23 Connected (with)
24 Certain razor namesake
25 2002 title role for Salma
26 Carpenter’s joint component
28 Open-mouthed
30 Tale in which Hector and Achilles duel
31 __ shot
32 Horned zodiac animal
34 Agile performer
35 Twice-baked cookies
37 Astringent in red wine
41 Like some bio majors
44 Get to chuckle
46 Observed, maybe
47 Some are visual
48 Short cut?
49 Words from Dr. Watson
51 Great American Ball Park team
52 Effort
53 Command in BASIC
54 Musician whose name is a number in reverse
56 Pitmaster’s application