puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Summa cum laude, e.g.

  6 Apt letters missing from "_ _ _ve _ff!"

 10 Tools with a circular variety

 14 Short loin beef cut

 16 Makeup swab

 17 "Wealth is power"

 18 "Yeah, I doubt it"

 19 Fifth zodiac sign

 20 Reaches a finale

 21 Less flushed

 22 Green-___ monster

 24 Pick up on

 25 Fail to reach a target

 30 ___ 16 (2022 Apple release)

 31 The Pride Lands, to King Mufasa

 32 Finger foods at a cantina

 33 (Oh, I can't bear it!)

 34 Does some sums

 35 European bathroom fixture

 36 Hawaiian dance

 37 Pizza, or something to eat after pizza

 38 Word after "nail" or "tanning"

 39 More miffed

 40 Rejuvenating getaway

 41 They take hours to pull

 43 Skirmish

 45 Bill-blocking votes

 46 Fancy neckwear

 47 Prego competitor

 49 Los Angeles Kings : NHL :: Sacramento Kings : ___

 52 Born's partner

 53 Yellow slapstick prop

 56 Singer/activist Horne

 57 Classic kids' construction kit

 58 Former pair

 59 Amphibian that can regenerate its heart

 60 Drawing game?


DOWN

  1 Inspiration for Hotmail's name

  2 English horn cousin

  3 Joking about tragedies, e.g.

  4 Hour after midnight

  5 Daisy Ridley's Star Wars role

  6 "Don't move!"

  7 Didn't let go of

  8 Acorn makers

  9 Says "sure" to

 10 Leg day exercise

 11 Fashion category for yoga pants

 12 Fruity adult drink

 13 Places to take shots while watching basketball

 15 Like a black diamond ski slope

 21 Cats, tarantulas, etc.

 22 Wriggly swimmers

 23 "Tasty!"

 24 "Doggone it!"

 25 Apt place to rake it in

 26 Prequel to "Antigone"

 27 Acted embarrassingly in public

 28 Wore

 29 Entertainment before the headliner

 35 Hay bundle

 36 Have the ___ for

 38 NaCl

 39 Socially withdrawn

 42 Thin and bony

 44 Sprite and others

 47 Like steak cooked to 125 degrees F

 48 From the start

 49 Termite's home

 50 Borscht vegetable

 51 Gladys Knight, vocally

 53 "___ 10" (animated series with a rhyming name)

 54 Pioneering ISP

 55 No layperson

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