PUZZLES CROSSWORD
LEADERSHIP ACROSS
1 “___ McGraw” (Taylor Swift song) 4 ASAP 10 Tamagotchis and Webkinz, for example
14 “___ you sure?” 15 Put back on the grill, say 16 Person you look up to 17 Garment with extra pockets
19 “Hard pass”
20 Do better than
21 Have an
appointment with
22 Peeled
23 Truck stop sight
25 They’re worse than
par
26 Result of a mutual refusal to compromise
31 “So close” 32 Soup-serving spoon
33 “American Housewife” actress Wong
34 Pill alternative, for
short
35 Droop
38 Honest
41 Next to
44 Driver’s aid on long
trips
46 ___ the scenes
48 Not on time
49 Amherst sch.
50 Southeast Asian
language
52 Pay increase
56 Clothing
57 Leaping athlete
59 Lemon relative
60 Invalidates
61 Battery size
62 Apart from that
63 In “Beauty and the Beast,” Mrs. Potts is turned into one
64 Ph.D. holders,
e.g. DOWN 1 Food that’s an anagram of a winter garment 2 Neighbor of Turkey and Turkmenistan 3 More than a ___ coincidence 4 Pushes forward 5 Cred 6 Congresswoman Alexandria ___-Cortez 7 Opposite of 27-Down 8 Giveaway bag 9 Signs off on 10 Obtain via tricker y 11 Absolutely loves 12 Silly 13 Toboggans, for example 18 “Mucho ___” (“Nice to meet you”)
22 Solicit opinions from
24 Convened
25 eBay offer
26 Part of an “Old MacDonald” verse 27 Opposite of 7-Down 28 “Please make this
story stop”
29 Unlikely occurrence
30 Chunk of cash
34 Counterparts of
outs
35 “Dude,” more
formally
36 Kerfuffle
37 Mousse alternative
38 Disc thrown in
Ultimate
39 Sprints, say
40 Mutual ___
fund
41 Feathery scarf
42 Give for
safekeeping
43 You might
blow some off
44 Bracelet
ornaments
45 Obstruct
46 Instrument in the name of a “Spider-Man” tabloid
47 “Reply all”
medium
50 Only
51 Actress Kendrick 53 Microsoft Surface alternative
54 Scorch the surface of 55 Periods in history 57 Back muscle, for short
58 Nuyorican Productions founder’s nickname