CROSSWORD II
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ACROSS
1 *Bottle top 4 *What might make sparks fly? 9 *Sepulcher 13 Locker room smell 15 Range above baritone 16 At any point 17 “Why must you ___ dramatic?” 18 “___Vision” (Disney+ miniseries) 19 Grp. with a phonetic alphabet 20 Eight-bit units 22 Chevy Tahoe, for one 23 Sketched 24 Directed 25 Fish in some tattoos 28 Edge of a pants leg 30 F-, for one 31 Groups such as Dashboard Confessional 34 Hair removal option 36 Hosp. area 37 Fastens with string 39 Many vinyls, briefly 40 1969 LGTBQ+ uprising site ... or any side of this grid, based on a word that can follow each starred answer? 43 Hit ___ jackpot 44 Transcript figs. 45 Mo. before May 48 Fiddled (with) 50 Film in which Zachary Quinto played Spock 53 “___ better to have loved ...” 54 Unhappy 56 Sauna site 57 Ex-quarterback Manning 58 Selects, with “for” 60 Irritate 62 Chopped into cubes 64 Beehive State 65 “Waffles + Mochi” host Michelle 68 Ghostly noise 69 Encryption system 70 Mothers of colts 71 Show about NYC ball culture 72 *Spot for a sweatband 73 *Lead-in to “day” or “place” 74 *Decryption tool
DOWN
1 *Throw (together) 2 “Children of Blood and Bone” author Tomi 3 Position after a Ph.D., for some 4 Internet cheer hidden in “software” 5 Salonga who voiced Jasmine and Mulan 6 Establishments such as 40-Across 7 “Obviously!” 8 Journey 9 Mind, as a bar 10 Egg cell producers 11 Space object in a shower 12 *University in Providence 14 ___ v. Wade 21 Jamaican genre 26 “I’m ___ your tricks!” 27 Carding, informally 29 Shopping complex 32 Like thick eyebrows 33 Oozes 35 Tomato impact sound 38 Hits, like a fly 41 Concert souvenirs 42 “Right away!” 43 Open-faced tortilla dish 46 Boil in advance, say 47 Set free 48 Step carefully 49 Wicked cool 51 Wicked cool 52 *Nephrologist’s focus 53 *Tactile sense 55 Home of the Burj Khalifa 59 Strip off, as clothing 61 Actress Teri 63 Little demon 66 Came together 67 Firepit remnant