The Columbus Dispatch

CROSSWORD NO. 2

- By Prasanna Keshava

ACROSS

1 ___ ghanoush

5 “Desus & Mero”

network, for short

8 Loud kiss

13 Letters in an urgent

request

14 PC brand

15 Use for a snooze

16 Chance to accompany a firefighte­r

18 Between, in Paris

19 Sheep sound

20 Celine whose first and last initials are apt?

21 One absorbs things

quickly

22 Path toward

redemption

25 Blemish on a shirt

26 Luau garlands

27 Nasal noise

28 Like an even

match?

30 Awesome, to the

Beatles

33 Broadcasts

34 Captivates

35 The Big Easy, in

brief

36 Modern driving aid:

Abbr.

37 Laborious

undertakin­gs

38 Comes to room

temperatur­e, say

39 Ollie’s pal in classic

comedy

40 Temple honoree

41 Gem from a farm

46 Tie in a low-scoring

game 47 Slippery swimmers

48 Praise in verse

51 It can come after

“tea” or “table”

52 Up to speed, and like all but four bookending letters of 16-, 22- or 41-Across

54 Trace of color

55 Berry whose name

is 75% vowels

56 The Irish Sea’s ___

of Man

57 Sinister smile

58 Org. for Penguins

and Sharks

59 Brazilian soccer

great

DOWN

1 Wire fence feature

2 Bengaluru’s

continent

3 Trouble-makers

4 King Kong, for one

5 2020 movie about

a cartoon canine

6 Dye used for a

bridal tattoo

7 URL ending for a

nonprofit

8 Ignored the alarm

9 People who are

under 18

10 Health insurance

giant

11 Welsh ___ (dog

breed)

12 Prepare to pray,

perhaps

14 Extraterre­strial

17 Let in, or let on

21 Biases © 2021 ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATIO­N.

23 Rowboat propellers

24 Is polite after a

boring play

25 Sound heard at a

salon

27 Droop

28 High-tech photograph­y gadget

29 Fix, as a gambling

game

30 1984 movie set in a town with a ban on dancing

31 Friend in battle

32 Common undergrad degrees

34 Night driving

hazard

35 Pinot ___

37 Something

shocking

38 Discontinu­e

39 Fall guy

40 New ___, India

41 Expenses

42 Detach, like a

corsage

43 Sierra ___ (African

country)

44 “As Time Goes By”

actress Judi

45 “She loves me not”

flower part

49 Tiny house

resident?

50 Sporting sword

52 Fleming who created James Bond

53 Sass

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