CROSSWORD II

12/24

ACROSS

1 Place to enjoy a

mud mask 4 Electrically

flexible

8 Ceiling 11 Lead-in to “Major” or “Minor”

13 Mild yellow

cheese

15 The “C” of TLC ©2021 Andrews McMeel Syndication 16 Op-ed piece, e.g. (note letter

15 in this clue’s answer) 19 Play matchmaker for

20 “... but I could be

wrong”

21 One might take place in a conference room (letter 4) 26 “Rubaiyat” poet

Khayyam 27 Relieved sounds 28 O-shaped

earring

29 E or G, e.g. 30 Hamster’s home 32 Fanatics 34 Bothers incessantly (letter 1) 36 Says “I am what

I am!” 40 Resistance units 41 CEO’s degree,

sometimes 44 Hilarious person 45 Cavs, on a

scoreboard 46 Word before “ring” or “lighting” 47 Very slim possibility (letter 3) 52 “Luther” star Elba 53 Home with a

bird’s-eye view 54 Person in charge

(letter 13) 59 Pretentiously

cultured

60 Root beer-andice cream treat 61 Celeste of “All

About Eve” 62 “For sure!” 63 Legendary

Himalayan beast 64 Animated movie

set in Brazil

DOWN

1 The world revolves around it 2 Suppose

3 “In a manner of

speaking ...” 4 Visibly surprised 5 “That’s a

___-out!” 6 Expected

7 Disk drive

inserts

8 Word on yellow

tape

9 Pitcher’s asset 10 Writing tool for some crossword solvers 12 Buzzing

14 A lot, for some? 15 Provide apparel

for

17 “German sausage jokes are just the wurst,” e.g. 18 Final number in

“A Chorus Line,” inaptly

21 ___ choy

22 It’s a long story 23 One helped raise Romulus and Remus

24 Agree silently 25 Apple Maps tech 30 Cinematic FX 31 Pantry pest 32 Relatives, for short

33 “___ not easy being green” 35 Moisturizing butter type 36 British singer Rita 37 Drag queen’s

hairpiece 38 “Don’t give me

any clues” 39 Boring

41 Keep an eye on 42 Tenor Andrea 43 Suffix for “Gator” or “Power” 45 Not at all cheap 46 Grassy wetland 48 Letters seen outside a hit Broadway show 49 Minor quarrel 50 Desert plants 51 “Isn’t ___ bit like you and me?” (“Nowhere Man” lyric) 54 Capital of

Korea?

55 Fury 56 Groundbreaking

tool?

57 Enjoy some

samosas 58 Paramore genre