(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https://embed.playbuzz.com/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk')); Across 1. Operatic solo 5. Madrid Mrs. 8. A senior noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard (abbr.) 12. Major Ukrainian city on the Black Sea 14. Wig-___: Native American tent 15. ___ chat: Gossip, small talk 16. A tube carrying blood in the front part of the head (2 words) 18. Puerto ___ 19. Wash. neighbor 20. 1871 George Eliot novel 22. Widespread affliction 24. Schmaltzy; overly sentimental 25. Toward the back of the boat 27. Village high point; church architectural feature 29. Zenophile? One who endures pain or hardship without complaining 30. Rocky ___oon 31. “___ a Believer” – 1967 Monkees hit 33. Sour red beetroot soup (var.) 36. Spiny anteater native to Australia 39. Response to pain 40. You use it to make a row 41. Greek alphabet ender 42. Our ancestors ate it for 40 years 44. An ailment/infection caused by the bacteria coxiella burnetii (Letter + word; see 59 ACROSS) 45. Unconcealed 47. ___ 54 (nightclub/theater) 49. King of Prussia from 1740 until 1786 51. 1958–1961 union of Egypt and Syria (abbr.) 54. Likud MK Regev 55. Middle of this month (3 words; singular form) 57. ___ Parks, bus rider in 1955 news 58. Commandments; also, 1979 movie with Bo Derek 59. Yellow, scarlet and “Q” (see 44 ACROSS) 60. Worldwide: abbr. 61. Chew and swallow 62. Parched, as a desert Down 1. This month and next month on the Hebrew calendar 2. Any sense organ or device 3. Jerusalem Post op-ed writer Leibler 4. Mad ___ (4 words) 5. Nobel, ABBA, Ingrid, Ingmar and others 6. Light ___ – Jerusalem mass transit 7. Victim of memory loss 8. ___ by (barely make ends meet) 9. Bird/cricket sound 10. Photograph (slang) 11. “Then again,” in text messages (abbr.) 12. Wizard ___z: Frank Baum classic 13. Get it straight 17. Voice Detection Unit (abbr.) 21. Charity founded by FDR in 1938 (3 words) 23. Wreaths around the collar 25. Str___urg: French city, formal seat of the European Parliament 26. ___ away: hide on a ship 28. ___natal 31. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs playwright William 32. ___iv: Jerusalem Post sister newspaper 34. Sorry 35. ___ pecked: continually criticized by female partner 37. ___ number: Used to identify mobile phones (abbr.) 38. Hungry eater 42. Situated toward the middle 43. Way up; trip to the top 44. Man's hairstyle with upswept hair in the front 45. ___'s Belt (three stars in the Hunter constellation) 46. A Russian measure of length, about 0.66 mile (1.1 km). 48. Boxing ref's call (abbr.) 49. Medical technique that measures brain activity: (abbr.) 50. Thought represented by a cartoon light bulb 52. Ancient Israeli port city 53. Where Americans (but not British) drive (abbr.) 56. Trump address: 1600 Pennsylvania ___ (abbr.) By Yakir Feldman jpostcrossword@gmail.com Solution to last week's puzzle: (function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https://embed.playbuzz.com/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));