CROSSWORD II
ACROSS
1 Scoped out
6 Former Swedish automaker
10 Play on repeat
14 Plentiful
15 Boundary
16 Present opener?
17 Self-serving use of government funds
19 Sobbed
20 Basketball legend Bird
21 Camembert cousin
22 Highest grade
23 Replacement on the mound
27 Affirmative votes
28 Hosp. diagnostic scan
29 Covers in Cottonelle, briefly
31 Co. leader
33 Short ___ (beef cut)
34 Shout of disapproval
35 Icon in Wikipedia’s search bar
40 3-letter “Wow!”
41 Fed a line to
42 Resource to
refine
43 Church bench 44 Ctrl-___-Del
45 Moreover
48 He finds a Willy Wonka golden ticket
53 One may be stuffed at a Greek restaurant
54 Corporate symbol
55 Sashimi tuna
57 Participate in the 2022 midterms
58 Seems valid, or what the end of 17-, 23-, 35- or 48-Across does
61 Previously owned
62 Toddler’s injury
63 Alpaca relative 64 Flat-topped landform
65 “___ of the D’Urbervilles”
66 What aptly bookends “satisfies”
DOWN
1 Baseball players’ headwear
2 Love, in 24-Down
3 Buying binge
4 Antlered animal
5 “Singin’ in the Rain” star Reynolds
6 What Helvetica and Arial lack
7 TV spot seller
8 Get more mature
9 “___ Canto” (Ann Patchett novel featuring an opera singer)
10 Highly acidic
11 Hotel brunch station
12 Deliberately
13 Peach parts
18 2D measurement
22 Scoring on a
serve
24 French city with a big cat on its flag
25 “It’s showtime!”
26 Math course
featuring angles
30 Distress signal
31 Almost made it
32 Clear ingredients at an 11-Down
33 Pot top
35 Floor cleaner
36 “Why should ___?”
37 F, on a gas gauge
38 Cryptozoological beast
39 Appearance
45 Dwellings
46 Carries with difficulty
47 Grumpy expressions
49 Vegan beauty brand
50 Historic New York island
51 Really annoy
52 Crossword feature, often
53 Female gamete
56 Some Fidelity plans, briefly
58 Sweltering
59 Be in debt
60 In the manner of