CROSSWORD II
ACROSS
1 Like less-refined
sugar
4 Aunt’s partner, perhaps 9 First-year student, informally 14 Pub potable 15 Airline
employee 16 One may have an AM/FM toggle
17 Tell an
untruth 18 *Doing some underwater exploration 20 Law school accreditation org. 21 Driving aids? 22 Paradises 23 Lofty goals 25 Extend across 26 Obligation 27 “The Times ___
Are a-Changin’” 28 Letter after pi 31 Misty Copeland’s handrail 33 Group of ruffians who serve as enforcers 35 Double Stuf treat 36 Pulverize, as peppercorns 37 Proficient 38 Dish that’s also a type of dish 40 Subj. with a mean teacher? 41 Plank targets 42 Mediterranean and Irish
43 Fish with prized roe 44 All-in-one printer option 45 Incite, as trouble
47 Pet pests 49 Pump or loafer 50 Racerback ___ 52 Telecom company’s concern, or a hint to each starred answer’s hidden word “connection” 54 Showy dance move 55 Spooky 56 Dog-___ (like some old books) 57 Diamond authority, informally? 58 Place
59 Small songbirds 60 Common coll. degrees
DOWN
1 Spain’s
“King of Clay” 2 Courtroom
excuse 3 *Surfing spot? 4 Like Albany, visa-vis Manhattan 5 Quite well 6 You’re reading a list of them 7 High shots from Muguruza 8 6:15 at DFW, e.g. 9 When many dress casually 10 Baltimore NFL player 11 Thor’s dad 12 Confession confessions 13 Harley-Davidson’s NYSE symbol, fittingly 19 Rely (on) 24 Capital of Germany? 25 Beamed 27 Labors 28 *Clean nursery rhyme opening? 29 “Stop!” 30 Dedicated poems 31 Meatless burger brand
32 Part of UAE 33 Frequent response to a dad joke 34 2022 World Cup host 36 Musical set at Rydell High School
39 Got away 40 Police badge shapes
43 Like a hot car 44 Old-time photo color 45 Post on Twitter, say 46 ___ donna 47 Worry
48 Folk tales and such 49 Mufasa’s younger brother 51 Hinge and Meetup 52 Start of a Midwestern capital’s name 53 Dawn drops