Crossword Puzzle 2
"CENTER OF ATTENTION" BY CHANDI DEITMER & MATTHEW STOCK
ACROSS
1 Spot on a die
4 Heel’s opposite
8 Relax
13 Broken bone’s protector
17 “You really think that of me?”
18 Take care of
19 Casual layer
20 “Barbie Girl” band
21 Growling or barking, e.g.?
23 Overacted
24 Hide furtively
25 Rebel leader in a space opera
26 Iowa crop
28 Existence fueled by rotini and tagliatelle?
30 Driveway mistake?
33 Thick lumps
34 Smidgens
35 Like the fullmoon festival Boun That Luang 38 Morsels
41 Fig. calculated at a checkup
42 FYI kin
43 “You’re talking to a haunted house expert here”?
47 Obnoxious poster in the r/wellsfargo Reddit?
51 Over yonder
52 Soft ball
54 German “no”
55 8nit in many a Zillow listing
58 Food drive donations
60 “Parenthood” actress Whitman
61 Back muscle, casually
62 Not again
63 Rant against the sun?
65 Target
66 SmackDown figures
68 8ltra big
69 Providers of room service for musicians’ tours?
71 Street
72 Pocket-size
73 Ambulance fig.
74 Fashion monthly
75 “__ move”
76 Lucy of “Pretty Little Liars”
77 __ monster
79 Boise State’s home
81 Intense “don’t blink” contests?
86 Opening dis at a roast?
90 Menopause treatment, briefly
91 Little taste
92 Himalayan creature
93 Like ears with studs
95 Crete’s highest pt.
97 Was out
101 Erratic radiator?
103 Gigs as conductors and percussionists?
107 Suckling spot
108 “My mistake!”
109 Surrounding energy
110 Title girl in .ay Thompson books
112 Casualwear at the pub?
116 Climber’s hold
117 Straightforward
118 Shrek and Fiona
119 Himalayan creature
120 Seep
121 Palms, e.g.
122 Group between boomers and millennials
123 Intel seeker
DOWN
1 __ see ew: stirfried noodle dish
2 “If u ask me ... ”
3 Jargon with terms ending in -ay
4 Born to be wild
5 2022
8.S. Women’s Open golf champ MinMee
6 Going slowly
7 Forest spirit in a Miyazaki classic
8 'ot follower
9 __ skirt
10 Collar attachment
11 Von Trapp daughter
12 Resulted in
13 Four-letter name of a radio station, e.g.
14 Word heard in a Spanish class roll call
15 Ride the waves
16 Confiscate
18 Backs (away)
19 Playwright Ibsen
22 Brand of hiking sandals
27 Naan kin
29 Jacobson of “Broad City”
30 The “Gee” in “Bee Gees”
31 Tomato type
32 Pop icon John
36 Put into a pot
37 Japanese drama
39 Epiphany trio
40 Italian 71-Across
42 “The Vanishing Half” author Bennett
44 “Be ready to prove your age”
45 Comes apart at the seams
46 Let out
48 Massage
49 “I have to know!”
50 Bowling alley lineup
53 ATM charge
56 Loops in
57 Back in style
59 Literary device
61 “I need the truth!”
62 Tough go
63 Close ones
64 Subscribe again
65 Assign points to, maybe
66 Untamed territory
67 “Mambo No. 5” singer Bega
69 “I __ of you!”
70 Landed
72 Wawa, for one
75 Expert who’s a real poser?
76 Intrepid
78 Culture writer’s milieu
80 Way cool
82 Play area?
83 “Following these directions ... ”
84 Wheels
85 Shadowbox
87 Cylindrical storage structure
88 Lifted
89 Verifiable
94 Collection of farm-fresh produce
95 Persian greetings?
96 Adhesive strip
98 Throw out
99 Big name in seltzer
100 Rib eye alternative
102 Takes to the cleaners
103 Folded food
104 100 cents
105 “Lucky” Grammy winner Jason
106 Tots, e.g.
111 Close fam member
113 Film with the Oscar-winning song “Naatu Naatu”
114 Recruit
115 __ blue