CROSSWORD II

7/2 ACROSS

1 Casual pace 5 “That’s my intention” 12 Surrealist painter Magritte 13 Jokes

seriously 15 Play parts, or plays a part

16 With respect to 22 Six-time NBA MVP ___ Abdul-Jabbar 23 Softball stat 26 Easy ___,

easy go

27 Apt rhyme for

“glide”

28 Bruno Mars song whose title is sung before “like one, two, three”

30 Auction

grouping

31 No. 1 thing at a

sports game? 32 50% of the usual

pace

34 Inquired about 37 Overly

40 Heated and

styled 41 Appealing

quality

18 Oftenunhelpful 43 Bonet of “Angel Heart” customer 44 “I’m at my support option wits’ ___!” 20 Tennis great Appliance that

Monica may be slow 45 46 Miniature image

on Twitch

48 Split the bill 49 Emphatic, elided

adjective 53 Dreary

54 Form a labor

union

55 Deer group 56 Sooner or later (but probably later)

57 Beret holder,

in French

DOWN

1 They’re left in

the snow 2 Place to play

pool, perhaps 3 Most populous Canadian province 4 Dipped a toe in, metaphorically or literally 5 “The cat’s

pajamas,” e.g. 6 ___-up energy 7 Back muscle,

for short 8 Summer drink

suffix

9 “Tiny Desk Concerts” station

10 Scots’ caps 11 “After further

consideration ...” 14 “Until we meet

again!” 17 Lesbian who

may or may not be attracted to

butches 19 Geography

contest 21 Visionary 23 Insulted

devastatingly 24 Collided with 25 Put two and two

together 28 Vampire’s resting place Score such as 20-20 Motorist’s distress signal Put two and two together? Skilled enough 29 31 33 34 35

Goo in some oddly satisfying videos

36 State north of

North Macedonia 38 Where a squirrel

might find food 39 It’s loaded near

a lode

41 Fish hidden backward in “haddock”

42 Dr. Jekyll’s

alter ego 45 ___ Island (New York’s “Playground of the World”) 47 Thus

48 Great Sphinx’s

home

50 On the ___

(in flight) 51 Hour after

noon 52 Snapchat clip,

briefly