CROSSWORD II
ACROSS
1 “How to Stand Up to a Dictator” author Ressa
6 Body part with a
lifeline
10 Yammer away
13 “Feel free to stop waving!”
15 Salami seller
16 Chance to get a lot off your chest?
17 “... and other authors”
18 “___ we forget ...”
19 Word said when tapping a mic
21 Lost traction on the road
24 Present, past or
future
25 Surrounded by
26 Med. scan that can damage phones
27 Back and ___
28 Unlike Chelsea boots
30 Charlie Parker’s jazz style
32 Cut with an ax
34 Big boat in the Bible
35 Anger
37 ___ tide
38 Org. that regulates asbestos
39 Where pigs hang out
40 “Waiting for ___”
42 Some rec centers
44 ___ and desist
46 GPS guess
48 Frontiersman Wyatt
49 “Me too!”
50 Major penalty in soccer
52 Pizza roll brand
55 Laugh and a half
56 Squeezes (out)
57 Personalized feed on TikTok
62 What snobs put on
63 Uninhibited sort
64 Nickname that may omit -ley or -ter
65 Hot message
66 Results of some religious schisms
DOWN
1 Sci-fi film acronym whose first letter stands for “Men”
2 One with a black, gray, white and purple Pride flag, briefly
3 Led or fled
4 Not omit
5 Pale
6 Anxious and unsettled
7 “Yes, captain!”
8 Got 22 points in blackjack, say
9 “Supermassive Black Hole” band
10 “We’re going for a ride!”
11 First American in space
12 Total nonsense
14 ___ salts (bath additive)
15 Scare off
20 Pay a quick visit
21 Clever sort
22 Unlikely members of the clean plate club
23 Black-___ dress code
25 “Sadly ...”
27 Key chain item
29 Starts eating
31 Lead-in to a superior suggestion
33 ___ waist (tightly corseted silhouette)
36 Fish eggs
41 Above, in “The Star-Spangled Banner”
43 One might have a beef filling
45 Slightly off
47 “Ta-ta!”
49 Good deal
51 Government overthrows
53 Send-___ (goodbye parties)
54 Like a bad loser
58 ___ Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle
59 “The ___ of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice” (MLK)
60 “Shoo!”
61 Martians, e.g.