The BalTimore Sun CroSSword

ACROSS

1 Staying safe,

in a way

10 Best effort 15 Request for multifactor authentication? 16 Gurira who plays Okoye in the MCU

17 Collective

noun?

18 Choose to join 19 Hook, in journalism lingo

20 Quench

22 Deadly septet 23 Chicane shape, on some racetracks 24 “Well played” 27 Violent figure of Egyptian mythology 28 Explorer’s code,

hopefully 30 Twisted 32 Birthplace and subject of writer Vu Trong Phung 33 “Mais oui” 34 Seneca Falls Convention figure

36 Alpaca habitat 37 Tutsi or Hutu 38 Childish taunt 41 Chats privately,

briefly

42 Like some yoga

socks

43 FD employee 46 “Fortunately, the Milk” writer Gaiman 48 Permafrost

concern

49 BBQ side 50 Scottish cattle 52 Immeasurable regions of the universe

55 Nosh

56 Hall addition 57 Composition 58 Waiting periods?

DOWN

1 Tall, sappy type 2 Clambake debris 3 Starts to slip 4 Curly cruciferous

commodity 5 Garten of earthly delights

6 “She Said”

paper, briefly 7 Runs past

8 Took off 9 “Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.” star __ Elizabeth Lee 10 Stir

11 Breaks

12 Evil Christmas figure such as Krampus 13 State cat in New

England

14 “On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies” author 21 Brian who said ambient music “must be as ignorable as it is interesting” 24 Prepares 25 Island with a

state capital 26 Some fracking

byproducts 28 Summer

material 29 Chilling

episode? 30 Vintage

collections 31 Logo overhauls,

e.g.

33 Label for some

musicians? 34 Most satisfying,

as a victory 35 They may be

fake

37 Chile __: stuffed

dish 39 Bucharest’s nat. 40 Cried out for

5/20/23

43 Runner in ancient African cave art

44 Funk saxophonist Parker

45 Chirp

47 2021 Pixar film that premiered at the Aquarium of Genoa 49 Rotisserie part 51 Protected by an icy exterior, perhaps 53 Degree of

difficulty? 54 B’way sign