CROSSWORD NO. 2 WHIRLY BIRD
ACROSS
1 Fake call from the
IRS, e.g.
5 Courts
9 Good news after a
job interview
14 Cab
15 Colts’ city, for short
16 Lionhearted
17 “I agree 100%!”
18 Extra-bright
19 Stereotypically cringey H.S. subject
20 Iconic fast-food logo (see letters 9 to 5 in this clue’s answer)
23 Ride a sloop, say
24 Writer Hemingway
28 Dutch spirit named after its original still (letters 11 to 8)
31 Comedy routines
32 ___ Pods (inedible
laundry pouches)
33 Big League Chew
product
34 Charitable
offerings
35 Joke targets
37 Soccer great born Edson Arantes do Nascimento
38 Animal with a
pouch, briefly
39 “Here today, ___
tomorrow”
40 Certain baby
41 Often-complex details (letters 6 to 3) © 2021 ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION.
45 God, in Hebrew
46 Ilhan of “The
Squad”
47 MTV series based on “An American Family” (letters 9 to 7)
53 Bipolar phase
56 Jackie Robinson’s
Golden State sch.
57 “Attention, please!”
58 Startle
59 “Anything but ___!”
60 Baseball stitching
61 Uses an e-cigarette
62 Gardener’s tube
63 View on
something
DOWN
1 Dateless
2 Pattern for blending in, informally
3 Ice skater’s 1.5turn feat
4 Attitudes
5 ___ the Pooh
6 Low tie
7 Skunk funk
8 In ___ (harmonized)
9 Watch carefully
10 California city north
of Bakersfield
11 Send via modem,
perhaps
12 December 24, for
one
13 Like a cooked
lobster
21 Gobbles up
22 Listens to, as
advice
25 Tools used on
lawns’ borders
26 What a calavera depicts, on the Day of the Dead
27 Not racy
28 Kobe robe
29 Adorable animal in
a river
30 Trivial thing
to pick
31 Light hair color
34 Diva’s solo
35 Knife variety
36 108-card game
37 Barbecue event
popular in Hawaii
39 Teddy ___ (bear-shaped snacks)
40 Chew on wood,
say
42 Whole
43 Australian animals known for sleeping
44 Untimely
comment?
48 Baseball great
Babe
49 Video call issue
50 Seehorn of “Better
Call Saul”
51 Security breach
52 “Let’s chat privately,” on Twitter
53 Dallas hoops pro
54 ___ carte menu
55 Kindergartner’s
break