Daily American Crossword

20 October

Across

1 Scorch
5 Alphabetical start
9 Throng
14 Fit
15 Eastern royal
16 Artist Matisse
17 Killers
19 Computer printer maker
20 Big lie
21 Go along with
23 "Agnes Grey" author
25 "Odyssey" setting
29 "Four Quartets" poet
30 Carpentry tool
31 Slowing down by degrees, in music
35 Baseball gear
36 Something in writing?
37 The 51st Psalm
42 Available when summoned
44 Annoys
45 Decent
46 Starlet's ambition
49 In proportion
50 Pampers
55 North African capital
56 Impermanent
58 Exhilarate
59 Divulged
60 Labyrinth
61 Window parts
62 Piercing tools
63 Exhibition

Down

1 Masticate, informally
2 Corned beef dish
3 Furthermore
4 Collect crops
5 Ordnance depot
6 Kid in Kilmarnock
7 Atlanta-based station
8 Put out of commission
9 Cigar
10 Contrition
11 Beginning
12 Penned
13 Flintstones pet

18 Gap
22 Broad beam
24 Conger, e.g.
25 Cold-war weapon: Abbr.
26 Asian cuisine
27 Website statistic
28 Affirm
32 Linguist Chomsky
33 Yawn-provoking
34 Exclusively
38 Money-back deals
39 Departure
40 Annual Henley-on-Thames event

41 NY time
42 Donny's family
43 Exigencies
46 "The flowers that bloom in the spring, ___"
47 "Turtle Diary" author
48 Poker challenge
49 Kind of school
51 Lowers, as lights
52 Rachel's sister
53 Auto maker Ferrari
54 Fret and fume
57 Spat