CROSSWORD II
ACROSS
1 Common fastfood side order 6 So far 11 Backstabber 14 Middle meal 15 Montoya in “The Princess Bride” 16 “A likely story!” 17 Inedible fruit that surprisingly isn’t a citrus 19 Anger 20 Cleopatra’s snake 21 Bit of aerobic exercise 22 Up-and-coming whiz 24 “Let’s see you do better!” 26 Split, like a hoof 27 “For ___ a Jolly Good Fellow” 28 Former legal drama that starred Susan Dey 29 Howled 32 Metaphor for a potential crisis 35 Extol 36 Line with triangles, on a weather map 38 Before long, to a poet 39 Become established 41 The way things are going 42 Track shapes 43 Big name in outdoor gear 44 New York NBA team 45 Candor 49 Pooh’s pink pal 50 Monotonous routines 51 One may be short-sleeved 52 John, in England 53 Contents of some palettes ... or what 17-Across, 11-Down and 31Down could be, given that their starts are rivers? 56 Bird that hoots 57 High up 58 Not throw away, say 59 Person celebrated in June 60 Abominable snowmen 61 Construction spots
DOWN
1 Ice-cream treat served with a straw 2 Rene of “Ransom” 3 Like “Candy Crush” purchases 4 Heart record, for short 5 Relative of a man cave 6 Buenos ___ 7 Lose your temper 8 Yang’s counterpart 9 Baba ghanoush ingredient 10 Initial bit of progress 11 Drink such as liebfraumilch 12 Composer Copland 13 Not us 18 Elevator pioneer 23 Saint of Hollywood 25 Lucifer 26 Extended family 29 Its first letter doesn’t stand for “bread” 30 Battery size 31 Potato variety developed in Canada 32 You may bid or build on it 33 Oui’s opposite 34 No ___ in sight 36 “Pecos Bill” or “Paul Bunyan” 37 “Friends” character with a Ph.D. 40 Saratoga or Daytona 41 Stretching muscles 43 Campus military org. 44 Southern Plains native 45 What the truth does, per Lizzo 46 “I’m a little teapot/Short and ___” 47 Brusque 48 Affirmatives 49 Trudge 50 Mortgage change, for short 54 Pampered one? 55 Fragrant neckwear