Group Theory by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Paddled at an initiation, say 6. Make-believe 10. __ of the land 13. In reserve 14. Andean land 15. Wound at the corrida 16. Wedding party member 18. Genesis brother 19. Miss World et al. 20. Strengthen by tempering 22. Switch positions 23. Dead heat 24. Smelter refuse 25. Murphy __ 26. Painted with dots 30. Western plateaus 33. __ d'oeuvres 34. Zero, in tennis 35. Wharton School subj. 36. Mubarak's predecessor 37. Diva's performance 38. Like most workhorses 39. Jazz vocalist Anita 40. Mournful ring 41. Starts by short-circuiting 43. Suffix with neat or beat 44. Currier's partner 45. Swerve at sea 46. Word of advice 49. Ray-Bans, e.g. 52. Short Beethoven work 54. Libel, e.g. 55. Mule or burro 57. "To __ his own" 58. Wind ensemble member 59. Peace goddess 60. Paid player 61. Body decorations, slangily 62. Male and female

Down 1. Arthur Marx, familiarly 2. Like most Turks 3. Criticizes harshly 4. Sharp quality 5. Presidential campaign events 6. Sudden influx 7. Towel pronoun 8. "We __ the World" 9. Cave-wall painter 10. Earring site 11. Surface figure 12. Give a whoop 15. Ship-to-shore connection 17. Camelot lady 21. Carpet fuzz 24. Alley cat, e.g. 25. Range of radio frequencies 26. Fountain drinks 27. Handed-down stories 28. Wicked doings 29. Negotiation's end, hopefully 30. Fishnet stocking pattern 31. Off-the-wall response? 32. Santa suit soiler 33. Where the Styx flows 36. Touchy subject 40. Service club since 1915 42. "__ got a mule ..." 43. "Peter Pan" dog 45. Oxen connectors 46. Casio competitor 47. Totally absurd 48. Turns white 49. Aerobics move 50. Frosty coating 51. With the bow, in music 52. Dundee denizen 53. Get bushed 56. Lawyers' org.

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