Circular Reasoning
by Fred Piscop

Across

1. Mob scenes
6. Cop's route
10. Lowlife
14. Actress MacDowell
15. Prefix meaning "height"
16. Cuzco's country
17. Burger side
20. They may mount or ease
21. South Carolina river
22. AWOL chasers
23. Emphasis
24. Social strata
28. Young pig
29. __ Martin (classic auto)
30. Country star Jackson
31. Lucy of "Charlie's Angels"
34. Plays a little b-ball
38. Aware, slangily
39. Crosby's "Road" partner
40. Beethoven's "Für __"
41. Nickel and dime
43. South American plains
44. Phonograph needle's place
46. Capitol Hill figure
47. Richards of "Jurassic Park"
48. Aquarium critter
53. By all odds
55. Stubborn one
56. March 17 slogan word
57. Paul of "American Graffiti"
58. Flouted the limit
59. Dumbo's "wings"
60. Bridge positions

Down

1. Huck's transport
2. Regarding, on memos
3. Valhalla VIP
4. Men's store buys
5. Delta former
6. Marriage announcement
7. Yalies
8. From __ Z
9. Ore of Sn
10. Compact piano
11. Small change
12. Hankerings
13. Erato or Calliope
18. Klutz's comment
19. __ avis
23. "Tsk!"
24. "A Boy Named Sue" singer
25. 1975 Wimbledon champ
26. Pull the plug on
27. As well
28. Feeds in a sty
30. In total accord
31. Pork cut
32. __ facto
33. Puts into service
35. Mock serenade for newlyweds
36. Squalid digs
37. Suffix with schnozz
41. Provided fuel to, in a way
42. Mrs. Chaplin
43. Laundry quantity
44. Put into categories
45. Lunar valley
46. Hacienda drudges
47. USN bigwigs
48. Culinary direction
49. Draft-eligible
50. Pirates' quaffs
51. Passing yardage, e.g.
52. Crowd figs., usually
54. Madrid Mrs.

Copyright © Fred Piscop