CROSSWORD II
ACROSS
1 Claw-raised
utterance 5 Tiny
measurement 9 “Audio”
stick-on 14 Alaska
city 16 Basic
consumer 17 Way-nutty
option 19 Amber,
for one 20 252-gallon
unit 21 Host Sajak 22 Reduce tension 24 Caps 29 Mean suffix? 30 Old-school occurrences 31 Fury 32 Expired plum? 35 Diet-ready 36 Midwestern tribe 37 Avoiding, as a vice 40 Who the joke is? 41 Stitched 42 Molecule’s makeup 43 By way of 44 “Heat of the Moment” band 45 Creation VIP 46 Looping through 48 Kidneyrelated 51 Spinning nut 52 Green, to vets 53 Kind of tax 55 Rue not wearing high-tops, perhaps 61 Mid-Feb. symbol 62 Long-tailed fruit lover 63 Like tooloud actors 64 Smell 65 Exxon rival
DOWN
1 Laughter sound 2 Completely 3 Mountain debris 4 Feminine pronoun 5 Burst in 6 Bread of India 7 Pixar effects, briefly 8 Farm producer 9 Bicycle features 10 Voodoo’s birthplace 11 “... if I thought ___ help” 12 Wrangler rival 13 Pitching number 15 Less acute 18 Allergic reaction treater 23 Bivouac pitchings 24 Chat it up 25 Kitchen type 26 Boom-er? 27 Best man’s friend 28 “___ like old times” 32 Establish as true 33 Digestive enzyme 34 Typical 35 Not get up early 36 Frequently 38 Dole out, as duties 39 Collapsed 44 Sharp vision 45 Pencil topper 47 Clock feature 49 “Jeopardy!” answerer 50 Pale purple 52 Nevada city 54 Infamous Roman emperor 55 “Be quiet!” 56 Little vegetable 57 Headbutt 58 Melodramatic cry 59 Gesture OK 60 Jazz grp.?