CROSSWORD II
ACROSS
1 Microwaves 5 Taylor Swift’s
“___ Song” 8 Putting into
service 13 “Carmen”
composer 14 Grabbed a bite 15 Contest with
roping 16 Escape the
clutches of 17 Hero’s undoing (In this answer, note letters 6-3) 19 Pieces of food
for a dog, say
21 Hyphenated juice brand 22 Seabird with a forked tail 23 “Ho Hey” band (... letters 6-3) 26 Email nuisance 27 Really enthusiastic 31 Brewpub acronym 34 Tibetan Buddhist title
37 Bird following a couple of ducks? 38 Eurasian invasions of the 13th and 14th centuries (... letters 7-4)
42 VW Beetles, e.g. 43 Annual presidential speech, briefly 44 Distress signal 45 Paprika’s dad, on “Blue’s Clues” 47 Middle ___ (Oman’s region) 50 Sarcastic words of sympathy (... letters 4-1) 56 Places to relax 59 Fellows 60 Fast-food kitchen fixtures 61 Chills, or a theme hint 64 Connects deeply 65 Online sales
66 X, in a sorority name
67 Word of admission? 68 Beefy?
69 Like chili, usually 70 Salty drop
DOWN
1 Nothin’
2 Sky blue 3 Travels by foot, in a way
4 Rise to the challenge 5 Klutz 6 Beehive State resident
7 Fix, as loose laces 8 Underlined address, often
9 Tap dance without the tap 10 Waiting for a task
11 Not far
12 Vera Wang garment 13 Optimal 18 Taiwanese laptop maker 20 Like potatoes that aren’t worth fretting over 24 Apple desktops 25 Spaghetti sauce brand 28 Diana of the Supremes
29 On the subject of 30 Big name in little trucks 31 Islamic spiritual leader 32 Empty bottles, say 33 Six-legged insects
35 (I’ve got milk!) 36 Paid for a poker hand
39 Leather glove material 40 Setting for the 2021 Norwegian film “The Worst Person in the World” 41 Hearty drink 46 Feature of the Great Pyramid 48 Icy dessert 49 “You have to taste this!”
51 “My job ... is just ___” (Ken) 52 Large dried pepper 53 Meddlesome person 54 Menu selection 55 Letters from the Cold War 56 Distort
57 Crux 58 Trisyllabic berry 62 Sneaky
63 Set that you build