Puzzles

Crossword: ''Initial reaction''

Letters, not words

By MATT JONES | November 25, 2009

Across
1 Numerical classification of some World War II U-boats
8 Necklace pieces
13 Butt
14 Person who keeps count
16 The U.S., in Mexican slang
17 Valentine sentiment to the 80-89% crowd?
18 Actor Delon
19 "What ___ mind reader?"
21 "___ Tu" (hit 1973 song in Spanish)
22 Football, abroad
24 Mork's home planet
25 John Irving's "The World According to ___"
26 Thankful thought toward a universal blood type?
29 TV "Science Guy" Bill
30 Play the part
31 Mrs., in Madrid
32 Cloud shaped like a small Roman numeral?
36 Key on a PC
37 St. with many keys
38 Cross-country travelers
41 Tagline of a rap-oriented cologne slogan?
46 Pitcher Hershiser
47 Fair-hiring abbr.
48 Thing of little imporance
49 Skylab launcher
50 Hit for the Kinks
52 Current capital of Nigeria
53 Hassle at the local community gym?
55 Destroyer
57 Leaves stranded
58 Like some sea bass
59 ___ firma
60 Makes melancholy

Down
1 Crime against one's country
2 Like old newspaper, color-wise
3 Grand style
4 Strong nickname for Beethoven's Third Symphony
5 Surname of four generations of French painters in the Louvre
6 Savings acct. figure
7 Brainchild
8 Capital city of Mali
9 TV Tarzan and game show host Ron
10 Lesson taught through symbolism
11 Class project in a box
12 Harsh
14 Car in the Beach Boys' "Fun, Fun, Fun"
15 Bodily system that includes the lungs: abbr.
20 Term used in taste-testing
23 "Seacrest out" speaker
27 Columbus Day mo.
28 "For shame!" noise
32 It sets things apart
33 Critical hosp. wing
34 Right angle-shaped pipe
35 Winter spread?
36 Ugly statue, e.g.
38 Runaway from another country, perhaps
39 "Les Miserables" surname
40 Bear ___ (company in 2008 economic news)
41 Reach for
42 1997 biopic about a late Tejano singer
43 North Africans disputed in a "Seinfeld" Trivial Pursuit question
44 Pregnant
45 Like vulgar humor
46 Ender for "pseud-"
51 Rainbow shapes
54 Opposite of vert., on old TVs
56 "I get it now!"