“Free Spin”--moving around with some vocab.
ACROSS
1. “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party” singer
12. Headquarters of an intelligence agency, perhaps
14. Wax philosophical, say
16. Sagrada Familia architect Gaudi
17. Vote of support
18. Genre for which “Poverty’s Paradise” won the first best album category
19. Piles in the yard, perhaps
22. Bust makers
24. Mondelez International snack
25. It’s positive when it’s up
28. “Just say ___ drugs!”
29. Like a conversation with your typical five-year-old
32. Convenience store convenience
35. One sent out for information
36. Yearbook div.
37. Where jazz organist Jimmy Smith is “Back at”, according to the classic 1963 album
40. “___ Magnifique” (Cole
Porter tune)
41. Get the picture
42. University that’s a lock?
46. British war vessel of WWII
48. Hero with a weak spot
50. “Anon ___” (2022 debut novel from @DeuxMoi)
51. MSNBC legal correspondent Melber
54. Govt. securities
55. Professional equipment
59. Video games (like Street Fighter) that require fast fingers and little nuance
60. Dampens, as many towelettes
DOWN
1. Phrase on a sign for storage units or moving vans
2. Straddling
3. Pool worker
4. Military truces
5. Bit of rest
6. North American indoor sports org. claiming among its total players about 10% Iroquois
7. Web marketplace
8. Meet-___ (rom-com trope)
9. “You ___ Airplane” (of Montreal song)
10. French seasoning
11. Flexible curlers for some perms
12. Bright Eyes frontman Oberst
13. “Heat transfer coefficient” in window insulation (its inverse uses R-and its letter doesn’t seem to stand for anything)
14. Prefix before “demon” (as seen in games like Doom Eternal)
15. Some salts
20. Royal resting place
21. Separator of the Philippines and Malaysia
23. Leslie’s friend on “Parks & Rec”
26. Legendary
27. One can be used to detect asthma (nitric oxide) or lactose intolerance (hydrogen)
30. Get inquisitive
31. Pendulum path
32. Take as true
33. 1958 sci-fi movie starring Steve McQueen
34. Sushi bar order
38. Windy City public transit inits.
39. “Star Wars” villain
43. Sacrificial sites
44. Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s locale
45. “To be” in Latin
47. Sampling
49. Words before “Mood” or “Heights”
52. Word after control or escape
53. “Dance as ___ one is watching”
56. 8.5” x 11” paper size, briefly
57. “Spare me the details”
58. Owns