CROSSWORD II
ACROSS
1 Like some grapes
5 Injure
9 Burst of growth 14 Part of a poker pot 15 Soothing
substance 16 Home of the Vietnamese Women’s Museum 17 *Assurances? 19 Creme de la
creme
20 Middle Eastern
leader: Var. 21 Academic stretch
Diva’s
performance 23 25 26 30 33 Honey *Bicycle Jelly A with Gershwin holder grips? ___ parts bread brother
34 Man in England, for one?
35 38 Irish, Number perhaps of seas
40 Actress Longoria
42 Insect that can hold its breath for
40 minutes, informally
43 Traps
45 “Back in the ___” (Beatles title)
47 Big name in TVs
48 Part of IPA
49 *Make uppercase?
52 Christmas meat
53 Biography beginning?
54 Forbid
59 Optometry school student, aptly
62 Stick-on strip
63 *Disintegrate? (Bonus: Note what the ends of the starred clues’ answers spell)
66 Alternative to Helvetica
67 Be the headliner (in)
68 British boys’ school
69 More than wants
70 Bills featuring the Treasury Building
71 It may end with a kiss
DOWN
1 Slump
2 Unpleasant responsibility
3 Jazz’s state
4 Peruse again
5 They’re handy for emotional moments
6 PC key used with F4
7 Becomes inedible
8 Part of an astronomical shower
9 Word before “music” or “metal”
10 Buddies
11 Military subgroup
12 Memorization method
13 Seating level
18 Company concerned with overbooking
22 Antony or Anthony
24 Competent
26 Angry audience member’s sound
27 Where wrestlers face off
28 Part of USNA
29 Gun, as an engine
30 Pop icon whodated A-Rod
31 Classic name in video games
32 Christina of 1991’s “The Addams Family”
36 Book blunder
37 Tea with a masala variety
39 Prior to, poetically
41 ___ Minor (much of Turkey)
44 Healing sign
46 Dazed states
50 In the thick
of 51 Hacked (off)
52 They’re alive in “The Sound of Music”
54 Strategy
55 Seldom seen
56 Theatrical award
57 Part of a baby that must be supported
58 French word before and after “a”
60 Smidgen
61 Plunder
64 Fire from a job
65 ___-size-fits-all