Crossword puzzle for December 24, 2022

ACROSS 1. Flower stalk 5. Abbey area 9. Talk 14. Designed for flight 15. Of higher order 16. Aircraft 17. Shore bird 19. Hurried 20. An alloy of iron 21. Some fractions 23. Higher-ups 25. Accomplice 28. North northeast 29. Used in baseball 32. Messiah 33. Ovum 34. Pitch 35. Blackthorn 36. Brusque 38. Precipitation 39. Large northern deer 40. East northeast 41. Groups of bees 43. South southeast 44. Explosive 45. Non-seated rider 46. Acceleration of a chemical change 48. Fastidious people 50. Strike 54. Office worker 55. Map parallels 57. Tranquility 58. Always 59. Adolescent 60. Twiddled one's thumbs 61. Greek district 62. Lack of difficulty
	DOWN
	1. Back talk 2. Suckling spot 3. Sea eagle 4. Pruderies 5. French for "Friend" 6. Goes with salt 7. Direct 8. Ear jewelry 9. Orb 10. Schemes 11. Where the sun rises 12. Picnic insects 13. Essential	18. Formerly it was a planet 22. Clogs up 24. Omens 25. Donkeys 26. Spheres 27. Call forth 29. Plank 30. Japanese animation 31. On edge 33. Before, in poetry 34. Transform 37. Required	42. Midsection 44. Assigned work to 45. Modus operandi 46. Sorceress 47. Depart 48. Implored 49. Genuine 51. Notion 52. T T T 53. Anagram of "Seen" 54. Consumer Price Index 56. Anger