FIRECRACKERS
ACROSS
1 Experts
5 Seasonal Golden
Arches sandwich 10 “This too shall ___” 14 Sign on again
15 “Schitt’s Creek”
actress Catherine 16 Creative spark
17 “Fool That I Am”
singer James
18 Skirts shorter than
midis
19 Casual convo
20 Greeting that conveys confidence
23 Wipe clean
24 “So interesting!” 25 Rope at a rodeo 28 Stimpy’s cartoon
pal
29 Six-pack muscles 31 More deliciously
scandalous
33 Student’s stat
34 Really enjoy
35 “Voulez-vous
couchez ___ moi?” 36 Alternative to live
bait
39 Starting from
41 Actress ___ Cruz
Kayne
42 South Bend’s state
(Abbr.)
43 Tiki bar cocktails 45 Language in the film “Lake Windfall”
46 Reddit Q&A
49 Traffic cone
50 Nocturnal bird
52 Speck of land in
the ocean
54 Requirement for a
black-tie event
57 Yin’s counterpart 60 Infuriate
61 Randall Park’s
alma mater
62 Anna’s sister in
“Frozen”
63 Prolonged attack 64 Blurbs on book
jackets
65 Attempt © Andrews Mcmeel
66 Rabbits’ longereared relatives 67 Completely fill
DOWN
1 Like better
2 End a career
3 Defeated in a cross-country race 4 Pesters with emails 5 _useum _f _odern _rt 6 Business-casual pants
7 Total stranger
8 Lively dance sometimes performed on Saint Patrick’s Day 9 Lively party
10 Magician’s instruction
11 Sticky stuff
12 Word before “salt” or “serpent”
13 Took a load off
21 Lots and lots
22 Actress Tatyana
26 “___ ya later!”
27 “Lord of the Rings” monster 30 Religion for someone celebrating Ridvan 32 Citrus fruits sometimes more kindly described as “uniq”
33 Asset for a public
speaker
34 Genetic molecule 36 Thwart, like an evil
plot
37 ___ Cookies (bakery chain that’s open late at night) 38 Like a menorah’s candles before sunset 39 Volumeboosting device 40 “Needless to
___...” 44 “Feliz ___
novo!” 45 Claim 46 Keys with 16
Grammy wins 47 Red wine grape 48 Relaxed
51 Make a bet
53 Leftover parts of
tickets
55 Too hasty
56 Greek war god 57 “No doubt!”
58 Key next to the
space bar
59 Code-cracking
org. Wednesday’s Answer