The Columbus Dispatch

CROSSWORD NO. 2

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- By Bill Conner

ACROSS

1 Pink cocktail, for

short

6 “Deck the Halls”

contractio­n

9 Cognizant

14 Far from flushed

15 Eon’s subdivisio­n

16 Like a jet’s boom

17 Stage presentati­on

about a manicurist?

20 In check

21 Drain, as of energy

22 Crowded convention center, say

23 “Hanna” star

Creed-miles

25 Flat-topped

landform

28 Stage presentati­on with a trio of takeaways?

34 Pronoun for

Batwoman

35 Bronze component

36 Bygone Chrysler division named for an explorer

37 Stop

40 ___-Magnon

42 Roadside stopover

43 “Finally!”

45 Clean air org.

47 Uncle, in Uruguay

48 Stage presentati­on about a religious service?

52 Shears sound

53 Idolize, informally

54 F1 neighbor

57 Canada’s smallest

prov. © 2021 ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATIO­N.

59 Ocean predators

62 Stage presentati­on about mountain

climbing?

67 Art class fixture

68 Lang. with no widely accepted writing system

69 ___ Martin (007’s

car)

70 Poem of lament

71 Grass grown on a

farm

72 IOUS

DOWN

1 “Indoor” or

“outdoor” pet

2 Org. that monitors

job conditions

3 Close tightly

4 The U.S., e.g., to

the U.N.

5 Safe, at the

ballpark

6 Earl Grey, for one

7 Apt name for a florist or optometris­t

8 Italian sub meat

9 Inquire

10 Anguish

11 Dreamworks’ first

film (1998)

12 Puerto ___

13 Agree with, as

sentiments

18 Citi Field ballplayer,

briefly

19 Buy stuff

24 Really outstandin­g

26 Cherry leftover

27 Lhasa ___

28 It’s between eta

and iota

29 Gets better

30 When some right turns are permitted

31 State-run game

32 Opted for home

cooking

33 Textspeak for

“seize the day”

34 “Account temporaril­y suspended” email, usually

38 Typical teen’s talk

39 “NFL Live” channel

41 Composer’s

numbered work

44 Baloney, or a meat

dish

46 Oscar hopeful

49 “Aida” and

“Carmen”

50 Airport takeoff

area

51 One way to pay

54 Fencing sword

55 Close very tightly

56 Genitive, for one

58 “Assuming I’m

right ...”

60 Prefix for “toxin”

61 Edinburgh native

63 Barrel with a tap

64 Practice,

as a trade

65 ___ English

Sheepdog

66 Half of the word

“inning”

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