CROSSWORD II

ACROSS

1 The “D” in

CD-ROM 5 Ergo 9 Slightly

open 13 State whose name contains a greeting

14 Stage in a lunar cycle 15 Bahama ___

(rum cocktail) 16 Early bird’s

target

17 Step after

“lather” 18 A party to 19 Saltshaker’s

companion 22 Wolfs down 23 Curiosity rover’s

org.

24 Usually endangered marine reptile 29 Was hurtful, like

criticism 32 Mutated

gene

33 Box on

stage?

35 Fa-la link 36 Dangerous game

of chance 40 Wedding

vow

41 It’s game 42 Tenth first

family 43 Religious

subgroups 46 Sources of

valuable metal 48 Mars : Romans ::

___ : Greeks 50 Butterfingers’

utterance 51 Like a zebra, or two words that can precede the starts of 19-, 24-, 36- and 46-Across 56 Auctioneer’s cry 57 Set straight 58 Move like

molasses

60 An athlete may take one in protest

61 Gets into shape,

with “up” 62 Writer/director

Ephron

63 Does some sums 64 LAX

guesstimates 65 Movie critic’s

assignment?

DOWN

1 Wall Street

index, with “the” 2 Funny Face

flapjack chain 3 Beget 4 Participates in a

triathlon, say 5 Intense longing 6 Put up, as

Christmas lights 7 Global power that

broke up in ’91 8 Welcome at the

door 9 Surrounded by 10 Novelist who created Elizabeth Bennet and Emma Woodhouse 11 Love, in Lima 12 Sought office 14 Condition before staining, perhaps

20 St. ___ Girl beer 21 Rapper Lil ___ X 24 Bollywood

wraps

25 Get away from 26 Otherwise

known as 27 Slow, musically 28 Mopey music

genre

30 ___ Dame 31 Sharon of “Cag

ney & Lacey” 34 Disparaging

remarks 37 Persistently

criticize

38 Kind of node or

gland

39 Features of “G’day” and “cap’n”

44 Sports team deals 45 Brief moment,

briefly

47 Places to warm

up after skiing