Crossword

ACROSS

1. *Medical school entry requirement, acr.

5. *Atlas image

8. Hula dancer's necklace

11. German money

12. Ready for picking

13. Nerd

15. Like many Brothers Grimm stories

16. Month of Purim

17. *Some exams

18. *Laptop and books container

20. Fastens a fly

21. Licorice-like herb

22. *Teacher's favorite

23. Like hot lava

26. Cassava, pl.

30. Chapter in history

31. Deadly

34. DEA agent

35. Second person singular past of "do," archaic

37. Greet, to a dog

38. Be in harmony

39. Inwardly

40. Opposite of pluralism

42. Even, to a poet

43. *Academic planners

45. *High predecessor

47. PassÈ

48. Barnyard honker

50. Rooftop contraption

52. *Meal container

55. Emerald or aquamarine, chemically speaking

56. Trans-Siberian Railroad city

57. Venus de Milo's are missing

59. *Plural of #51 Down

60. Comments from prompt box

61. Do like Ella Fitzgerald

62. *PE in school

63. Make a choice

64. Piece of cake

DOWN

1. Actress Ryan

2. Larry David's "____ Your Enthusiasm"

3. Bizet's "Habanera," e.g.

4. Tabby's mate

5. King with a golden touch

6. Rapidly

7. ____ up, to become more cheerful

8. Spring

9. Morays

10. Abdominal pain cause, acr.

12. Plunder

13. Dirty one

14. *One of 3 Rs in grade school

19. Genuflected

22. Letter-writing friend

23. *M in LMC, educationally speaking

24. Circular gasket

25. Big Dipper's visible shape

26. Biblical gift-givers

27. Propelled a boat

28. Angler's basket

29. Part of an act

32. Rare bills

33. Chewbacca's sidekick

36. *Word in thesaurus, e.g.

38. Mennonite's cousin

40. *Gym class prop

41. *Art class cover ups

44. Old fashioned contests at dawn

46. Lower value, as in currency

48. Plug a pipe, e.g. (2 words)

49. Beginning of ailment

50. Exceedingly

51. Bob of boxing world

52. Bonkers

53. Shamu, e.g.

54. Dec. holiday

55. Capture

58. Porky's or Petunia's home