CROSSWORD II
ACROSS
1 Salve relative 5 Riyadh native, e.g. 9 “___ a shame” 14 City north of Pittsburgh 15 Work (up) 16 Blackjack request 17 *Sparks emanate from it (Anagram hint: Think “roofing”) 19 Remove from a
VCR 20 Greenish eye color 21 Tropical fruit 23 *Shredding
(Anagram hint: Think “countertops”) 29 ABBA song that pairs well with “Help!”? 30 Boxer Laila 31 ___ Lanka 32 Thick with
greenery 36 Entirely 38 Settlementbuilding game 40 Nirvana genre, or a hint to the first word of each starred clue’s answer 44 Cache
45 Buck’s mate 46 Stocking
stuffers?
47 Flub
48 Julius Erving’s
nickname 51 Nintendo console 53 *Just keep talking (Anagram hint: Think “statues”) 58 Washer cycle 59 Decree
62 (I dunno) 65 *Forms a scab (Anagram hint: Think “oil”) 68 Cobbler fruit 69 Slight advantage 70 Move, in Realtor
slang
71 Item in the plus
column
72 Went blond,
perhaps
73 “___, Fat, Acid, Heat” (Nosrat cookbook)
DOWN
1 Sister of Meg, Jo
and Amy
2 Zone 3 “Hungarian Rhapsodies” composer 4 Brawl 5 Rainbow’s shape 6 2016 Olympics
city
7 Straighten 8 “Baby” whale in
a Raffi song 9 Reality competition featuring Ariana Grande 10 Muslim head
cover 11 Munched on 12 TV network
focused on films 13 Word after “tea”
or “train” 18 “Sadly ...”
22 Ga. hub 24 Multicolored
horse
25 Actress Fisher of “Now You See Me”
26 “Not so!”
response 27 Hard-to-detect
amount 28 Bathroom and
kitchen fixtures 32 Eye surgery tool 33 Extremely 34 Marvel hero who can control weather 35 She/___
37 Inc., in Britain 39 State of the ___ 41 A blinking one is equivalent to a
stop sign 42 State where Captain Kirk will be born?
43 Leaf line
49 Kylo ___ (Leia’s
son)
50 Kidded
52 March 15, e.g. 54 First name of Batman’s alter ego 55 Like the have-nots 56 Foul smells 57 Skin care brand 60 It contains a
nucleus
61 Gait faster than
a walk 62 Massage venue 63 “For ___ a jolly ...” 64 Dorm VIPs
66 It’s “just a
number”
67 Kind of bulb
or TV