Across
1
Protagonist’s pride, often : TRAGICFLAW
11
Rather : ABIT
15
“Man, oh, man!” : HOLYTOLEDO
16
Pantsless Disney character : POOH
17
Skedaddle unexpectedly : UPANDLEAVE
18
It has a higher population of pigs than people : IOWA
19
Beginning of a large amount of work : DENT
20
“___ Vidi Vicious” (critically acclaimed 2000 album by the Hives) : VENI
21
High on marijuana, in slang : BAKED
22
“The salt of conversation, not the food,” per William Hazlitt : WIT
23
Speedo-like : SCANTY
25
Big little role in the Marvel Universe : ANTMAN
29
Tolkien’s Sauron, for one : LORD
30
Salt component : ION
32
Actress Lindsay : LOHAN
33
Pronounced : ORAL
34
When “NCIS” has aired for most of its run: Abbr. : TUE
35
Firm support for a mom-to-be : PREGNANCYPILLOW
39
___ Highness : HER
40
Out of control : AMOK
41
One who may wear a badge : AGENT
42
Schooner filler : ALE
43
Plays favorites, perhaps : BETS
44
Clears : ERASES
45
Goddess who helped Perseus defeat Medusa : ATHENA
47
“Better Call Saul” character ___ Fring : GUS
48
Community spirit : ETHOS
49
1 on a scale of 1 to 5, maybe : POOR
51
Vehicle whose name may or may not be derived from the phrase “just enough essential parts” : JEEP
55
Reclines : LIES
56
Citrus drink since 1979 : MELLOYELLO
58
Seconds : MORE
59
Toy brick figurine : LEGOPERSON
60
Lacking width and depth, for short : ONED
61
Some days reserved for wellness : SPAWEEKEND
Down
1
A bad joke might land with one : THUD
2
Bit of cowboy gear : ROPE
3
Page or Ameche of football : ALAN
4
Ibsen’s “Peer ___” : GYNT
5
“___ be an honor …” : ITD
6
Civil rights pioneer Claudette of Montgomery : COLVIN
7
Assembly of starships : FLEET
8
Slight advantage, in political forecasting : LEAN
9
Like some boards : ADVISORY
10
Trouble : WOE
11
Like a hive mind? : APIAN
12
Things on spines : BOOKTITLES
13
Words of appreciation : IOWEYOUONE
14
Jazz trumpeter Jones : THAD
21
They’re easy to read, typically : BADLIARS
22
Poseurs : WANNABES
24
Losing dice roll : CRAP
25
Dominant : ALPHA
26
Like singer Michelle Williams and actress Michelle Williams : NORELATION
27
“It’s all gonna be OK” : THERETHERE
28
People, e.g., informally : MAG
29
Secures : LOCKS
31
Cousins of axolotls : NEWTS
36
Service call? : AMEN
37
“Shut your mouth!” : NOTAPEEP
38
Luggage tag letters for a Delta hub : LGA
44
It’s blue on a Risk board : EUROPE
46
Cheated, in slang : HOSED
47
Use smear tactics, say : GOLOW
48
Sesame Street resident : ELMO
50
Kurylenko of “Black Widow” : OLGA
51
No-goodnik : JERK
52
“What ___?” : ELSE
53
North Carolina college town : ELON
54
Turtle’s habitat : POND
56
Org. for D.C. United : MLS
57
“___-haw!” : YEE
Answer summary: 8 unique to this puzzle.
