Puzzles

Crossword: 'Themeless and harmless'

I rounded off two of the corners so you won't get hurt.

By MATT JONES | March 30, 2006

Jonesin' 3.31.06

Across
1 Whip up
7 Chemistry class model
11 Item used to straighten hair
13 Oscar winner for Best Original Song who didn't attend the ceremony
15 Shakespearean character who drowns in a brook
16 Partner in crime
18 Joaquin's "Walk the Line" costar
19 Land famed for its cuisine
21 Make a mistake
22 Campus recruiting gp.
24 It's beaten by hand
25 Spoiled
27 Gets warmer
28 Alternative to a long-distance plan
31 Tommy Chong's daughter ___ Dawn
32 Catchphrase in an old Connect Four ad
35 Icelandic band Sigur ___
36 Cooking ingredient in some Chinese dishes
37 Part that failed on the Challenger
40 Show showers
41 TV chef Mario
43 Item in some wallets
44 Toothpaste tube top
47 California redwood, e.g.
49 Word used in shout-outs
51 What some shots prevent
52 Flash your pearly whites to
54 Prefix meaning "tree"
55 What a patron may patronize
56 Shelly's brother, on "South Park"
57 How karaoke often turns out

Down
1 Burden
2 "Three's Company" landlord with a horny wife
3 Early anesthetic
4 They may be high or low
5 Like understanding parents
6 One of the "Big Four" record labels
7 Sphere of action
8 Attaches, like a ribbon
9 Like valued workers
10 Foot bones
12 It borders Sweden and Poland
13 Bidet spray
14 Way to get around Disneyland
17 Pharaoh with a brand of condoms named for him
20 Aptly named California city
23 Toes the line
25 Automaton, in sci-fi slang
26 Least sunny
28 Like some amounts on monthly bills
29 Gets lost, according to the saying?
30 Women, to film noir detectives
32 Host who talks about immunity a lot
33 Bandana cloth
34 "Hey, over here!" interjections
38 Swimming
39 Actress Jackson who retired and entered the House of Commons
42 "Who can ___ to?"
44 Shipping employee
45 Get ___ start
46 Fall guy
48 Record label that released the "Tommy" and "Grease" soundtracks
50 Villain in the "Lemony Snicket" books
53 Physics unit of measurement that's another unit of measurement spelled backwards