CROSSWORD II
ACROSS
1 One who gets schooled? 6 Former jrs. 9 Drained of color 13 Yemeni’s
neighbor 14 “Now,” to a nurse 15 Defendant’s
statement 16 Vision correction
surgery
17 Best Picture winner set in Iran 18 Ice balls,
essentially 19 Peppery beef
entree (In this
answer, note letters 1, 3, 4 and 12)
22 Garden pond fish 24 Whole bunch 25 Common
conjunction 26 “Same here” 28 “No ___
about it!” 30 ___-cone 33 “Molto ___” (“Very good,” in Italian)
34 Has debts
36 Stay home for
dinner
38 Dessert named after a German region (... letters 1, 3, 5 and 9) 41 Wood-turning tool
42 “Ish”
43 Greek love god 44 Palindromic body part
45 Site for crafty people 47 Snuggle up 49 Chicken ___ king
50 Abandon a situation, informally 52 Pollen pouch 53 Mollusk popular in New England (... letters 1, 4, 7, 12 and 13) 58 Drive a getaway car, say 59 “Survivor” item bestowing immunity 60 Fuming
63 Skin lotion brand 64 Wee 65 Edmonton NHL player 66 Match, as data 67 “___ be my pleasure” 68 Stories
DOWN
1 D.C. dealmaker 2 Actress Thurman 3 Like some embraces 4 Still competing 5 “As I demonstrated”
6 One with a reddish beard, perhaps 7 Pasta sauce brand
8 Pull into, as a gas station
9 Little garden pest
10 Serb, for one 11 Next in line, legally 12 Meryl Streep’s Ivy League alma mater
14 Drink served with sushi 20 Unlikely to wave hello 21 Beginning
22 Pet food in pellets 23 Grammy-winning Beck album whose title anagrams to “a yodel” 27 Smartphones, laptops, etc. 29 Takes advantage of
30 “Don’t overextend yourself at first” 31 Inventor Tesla 32 “Be right there!” 35 Courts 37 Examples of topnotch service? 39 Topples (over) 40 Sega hedgehog 46 Papeete’s South Pacific island 48 Surname of “Mama” Cass 49 Upper house?
51 One who has your back 53 Fifth Avenue retailer
54 Do as you’re told 55 Shade-loving plant 56 Prepare for publication 57 Diva’s solo 61 Piece of concert merch 62 Places to hear 14-Across, for short