AN ALLAROUND GAY PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 Total hassle
5 Drove too fast
9 Has people over
14 Japanese sport
15 Friend in a fight
16 “High five!”
17 Double ___ Oreo
18 Branch of math concerned with decision-making
20 Subject
22 Have a snack
23 Mother, in Igbo
24 Burst of bright light
26 Willing and ___
28 Became an obstacle
31 ___ Slam (tennis achievement)
32 Former Eurasian superpower
33 Eggs in some poke bowls
36 Duo
37 Abbreviation whose N stands for “non”
38 Money owed
39 Gallery material
40 Group of similar voters
42 ___ in (completely focused)
44 Opportune time for selfies, perhaps
46 Horse gait
47 The path of ___ resistance
48 Casual top
49 Tahu gejrot ingredient
52 Pieces of data
55 Study of food and culture
58 Relative of the bassoon
59 Narrow passageway
60 Shade of a color
61 ___ out the candles
62 Kinsey ___ (sexual orientation metric)
63 “King of Soul” Redding
64 Long sea creatures
DOWN
1 Sound made to get someone’s attention
2 Not manual
3 “Count me in!”
4 Hashtag for an unretouched photo
5 Droop
6 Mars or Venus
7 Red Muppet
8 Gives a new color
9 “Come again?”
10 Publicly
11 The ___ of Hope (MLK Memorial statue)
12 Made a rip in
13 “I ___ with my little eye...”
19 Defrosts
21 Abel’s older brother
25 Genetic molecule
27 Raise the ___
28 Speed setting on a bike
29 Intuitive feeling
30 Computer key for exiting
31 ___ packages
33 “I feel seen!”
34 Not defy
35 When a plane is supposed to leave (Abbr.)
37 Odin or Oshun
38 Couple buying a crib
40 Word shouted to startle someone
41 Scratch card game
42 Yahtzee cube
43 Nest egg options
44 Hansel’s sister
45 College reunion attendees
46 Smiljan-born inventor Nikola
48 Softest mineral
50 “Hold ___ your butts”
51 One-third of a yard
53 Hammer or wrench
54 Uses needle and thread
55 Fuel in a tank
56 “Pastrami on ___: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli”
57 “I’m down”