The BalTimore Sun CroSSword

ACROSS 1 5

Poaching targets Afghanistan’s capital

10 “Rumor __ it ... “13 Alpaca product 14 “One more

song!”

15 One in a concert

lineup

16 Injury sustained while making guacamole

18 NFL arbiter 19 John

Fetterman’s title, briefly 20 Bat mitzvah,

e.g.

21 “Here’s the one-sentence version” letters 23 Makes urgent

decisions? 25 Dangerous pool

in a video game 28 “Perfect is the

__ of the good” 29 Person aggressively opposed to progress 30 Violets or lilacs 33 __ Tomé and

Príncipe

34 First track on Fleetwood Mac’s “Mystery to Me” album 37 Wood-burning

stove buildup 39 More icky 40 Nitwit

43 Theater walkway 47 Pico de gallo

pepper

48 Czech Republic

region

50 Urban haze 51 Deutschland city

on the Rhein 52 Corn unit 53 Steamed bun in

Asian cuisine 54 Marvel Comics supervillain, or a creature made up of 16-, 29-, 34-, and 40-Across? 58 BYOB part 59 Word on the California state seal 60 “What __ is

new?”

61 Social science

subj.

62 Faculty positions 63 Turned red?

DOWN

1 Discarded

Apples, e.g.

2 Do House work? 3 Mouth, Chunk, or Data, in a 1985 film

4 2002 Winter Games host, initially

5 Pretzel shapes 6 Throb

7 __ constrictor 8 Caterer’s coffee container

Some Best Buy buys, briefly 10 “Absolutely not” 11 IN place? 12 Sunblock letters 14 Actress Falco 17 Knitting pattern 22 Research site 24 Radio switch

letters 9 25 House of __ 26 Donkeys

27 MMA decision 29 Honeydew, e.g. 31 Instrument with

pipes 32 Nintendo antagonist with a “W” on his cap

34 “Get Who Gets

You” dating site 35 “Don’t think so” 36 Canal with a museum in Syracuse 37 High-level HS

courses 9/20/23 38 Vacillates 41 Dude

42 Worn out 44 Hardly fresh 45 Connect (with) 46 Worked for 48 Knocks on the

head 49 Gymnast

Korbut 51 Eager

53 Knock on the

head

55 Have buyer’s

remorse, say 56 Significant

period 57 Vegetable plot