CROSSWORD II
ACROSS
1 “Becoming”
author Michelle 6 Hot tub feature 9 One is full of
garbage 13 Violinist’s block 14 Sound within “Tabernacle Choir” 16 October
birthstone 17 Live and breathe 18 “Is it really
necessary?”
20 Period of intense
competition
22 Feel bad about 23 That guy
24 ___ Equis 25 Inclined (to) 28 Lacking color 31 “What’s ___ to
like?”
33 Black and Red 35 Compensation to an intermediary 40 Capital on a fjord 41 Kerfuffle 42 Prepares to shoot a basket 43 Panel that discusses a product 47 Highway entrance or exit 48 Mom and pop org.? 49 Habeas corpus,
for one
51 Catch some rays 52 Dating profile datum 55 Online convo parts 57 Sports ___ (jogging garment) 59 What a quarterback shouldn’t do 64 Race against the
clock 65 Fairy-tale creature who says the starts of 20-, 35-, 43- and
59-Across 68 Cookie Cobblestone ice cream brand
69 Tennis match
subdivisions 70 World’s second most populous country
71 Take a breather 72 “Get it?” 73 Chavez honored with a national holiday
DOWN
1 Miner’s
discovery 2 Word with “music” or “voice” 3 “In your
dreams!” 4 Penny-pincher 5 Pay for a poker
hand 6 Foe of the Sith 7 Demand elasticity’s subj. 8 Chicken serving 9 Bird that might
be white 10 Topple
11 Bread served
during Passover 12 Ruses
15 “Sure,
whatever!” 19 Knight’s getup 21 Like many sign
language users 25 Starting from 26 100 centavos 27 Soft mineral 29 “That isn’t true!” 30 Fund
32 Former resident of Russia’s Winter Palace 34 Progresso
product 36 Gloomy
37 Italian
automaker 38 Political activist
Goldman 39 “SportsCenter” channel
44 Circus prop 45 Some play
“Valorant”
46 ___ Xtra (soft
drink)
50 Like “Romeo and
Juliet”
52 Caption on a flattering picture, perhaps 53 ___ dog (service
animal) 54 “Saturday Night
Live” has 71 of them
56 Dorm rooms,
stereotypically 58 Flared dress
style
60 Outdo
61 Nasty tweet’s
sentiment 62 “Who ___ is
coming?” 63 Young fellows 66 Actress Long 67 Paving goo