Crossword

ACROSS

1. Verdant

5. Vietnamese neighbor

8. "Before" prefix

11. Curved molding

12. *It rings at midnight on Christmas Eve at church

13. Yarn store unit

15. Relating to armpit

16. Criminal's surprise

17. Nephew's sister

18. *4th of July spectacle

20. 1952 Olympics host

21. 1,000 kilograms

22. Meat sauce

23. Vacation location

26. French painter of "La Danse" fame

30. Menu words (2 words)

31. Lean

34. Wine valley

35. Impertinent

37. *Annual Assumption tradition blesses it

38. #2 Down, pl.

39. Highest volcano in Europe

40. Puppies

42. Bit of binary code

43. Dean's official residence

45. Small stream

47. Wine quality

48. Bilbo Baggins' land

50. Windsor family's sport

52. *Popular New Year's libation

56. Stored by bees

57. ____-de-camp

58. "On the ____" by Jack Kerouac

59. Make laugh

60. Tear

61. Tibetan priest

62. Woolen cap

63. Banned insecticide

64. Big Bang's original matter

DOWN

1. Bakery serving

2. Tangelo

3. Scorch

4. Regarding this point

5. "Live and ____"

6. Description for twins

7. Auto pioneer

8. Banana remnant

9. Puerto ____

10. Compass bearing

12. "Jane Eyre" author

13. Pig part

14. *Action under mistletoe

19. Like a damaged apple, possibly

22. Jam container

23. Torn down

24. Fill with optimism

25. Sweating room

26. *Thanksgiving's main event?

27. Beauty parlor

28. Chiropractor's concern

29. Painting holder

32. Light gray

33. "Wow!"

36. *Birthday cake decorations

38. Seize the throne

40. Kind of humor

41. Ready

44. Deteriorate

46. Just about

48. Jumped aside

49. Lacked

50. Type of cotton

51. Female gamete

52. *Valentine's Day tradition

53. *New Year's resolution weight or savings target

54. One in a roster

55. Red-encased cheese

56. *Graduation flyer