CROSSWORD II
ACROSS
1 Strategy
5 Does some basic
math
9 Gothic church
topper 14 Ambience 15 Ark architect 16 Sudden
fright 17 McDonald’s
window (Note the last 2 letters of this answer + the first 4 of 19-Across) 19 Jargon
20 “Bye!” 21 Trojan tale 23 Long sandwich 25 Sings jazz without lyrics 28 Wished, as a farewell
(... last 2 letters of this answer + the first 4 of 31-Across) 31 Gave the willies 36 Old Italian currency
37 In style
38 Pen brand 39 Like a spoken exam 40 Drinks from a fountain? 42 Lavish love (on) 43 Nail polish maker 44 Laura of “Jurassic World Dominion” 45 Groovy 46 Opera pioneer Claudio (... last 5 letters of this answer + the first 2 of 50-Across)
50 Corner key onaPC 51 “Baloney!” 52 Albeit, briefly 54 Written compositions 58 “Gotcha,” to a beatnik 62 With 65-Across, some boxing results ... and a theme hint 65 See 62-Across 67 Name that anagrams to “Ellis” 68 Hardly at all 69 Camp beds 70 Busybody 71 Ferret’s relative 72 Short commercial
DOWN
1 Cricket batters’ protective gear 2 Tempt 3 “Voyage to India” singer India.___ 4 Elite fighter
5 Colonial insect 6 Where Qatar Airways is based 7 Have the nerve 8 Steer clear of 9 Join, as film 10 Moneymaker for Google 11 Roadside lodging 12 Oil-drilling apparatus 13 “Green” prefix 18 ___ de toilette 22 Telepathy, e.g. 24 Confidentially loops in 26 In addition 27 Courting sort 28 What aptly bookends “blossom” 29 Heat without oil at a movie theater, say 30 Saps of energy 32 ___ Island (smallest state) 33 Downy duck 34 Greeting from Hallmark.com 35 Immune system component
41 Bad mood 42 “Wonder Woman” publisher 47 Believer in a creator 48 Latino Walk of Fame’s SoCal neighborhood 49 Some are Beetles 53 That guy’s 55 Namesake of an inedible apple? 56 Himalayan legend 57 All-in-one printer option 59 Basketball target 60 Enthusiastic about
61 (Yo, listen up!) 62 Foxlike 63 Circular type of chart 64 Novelist Deighton 66 Texter’s “No idea”