CROSSWORD II
ACROSS
1 Unexpected win
6 This instant
9 Tijuana’s peninsula, informally
13 Authorized substitute
14 The “A” in UAE
16 Bad day for Caesar
17 Uvula’s location (In this answer, note the first letter + the last 4)
19 Beds that aren’t luxurious
20 Reason for couples therapy (... first 3 letters + last 3)
22 Digital communication, for short?
23 Martial arts masters
24 Guess ___? (board game)
27 Diplomatic delicacy
30 What’s left at the end of a meal?
31 Sioux City’s state
33 Clog or wedge
35 Lubricate
39 Certain American employee (... first 3 letters + last 2)
42 “Old MacDonald” refrain
43 Work, like a bar
44 Word after “baking” or before “bread”
45 Young ’un
47 Hurt badly
49 Maritime distress call
50 Cure-all
54 Madre’s brother
56 “Death on the Nile” author (... first 4 letters + last 1)
61 Hunter’s attire, briefly
62 Impossible to change, or like 17-, 20-, 39- and 56-Across?
64 At least once
65 Orange-nosed muppet
66 Repairs
67 Some wines
68 Key by the space bar
69 Wipe away
DOWN
1 FedEx rival
2 Event with teen royalty?
3 Den fixture with cushions
4 Actor in a crowd
5 Keyboard whiz
6 Simba’s mate
7 Taken by mouth
8 Lightbulb units
9 Teeth bordering canines
10 Photoshop maker
11 Martial artist in 2020’s “Mulan”
12 Beasts of burden
15 Hat worn in Paris
18 “Finally!”
21 Gibson garnish
24 One of six for Henry VIII
25 Colorful Hindu festival
26 Injury, to a 45-Across
28 Have a conversation
29 Spiritual emblem
32 They stir things up
34 Volcano known as Vulcan’s chimney
36 Neighbor of Vietnam
37 Ctrl+Z
38 Grps. involved with Scholastic Book Fairs
40 Illegal liquor
41 Add to a photo, perhaps
46 Provoke playfully
48 Long-distance lover’s query
50 Indiana baller
51 Source of mescal and tequila
52 Appointed
53 Train along the Northeast Corridor
55 Furry, aquatic frolicker
57 Webpage code
58 Hilarious person
59 Gaels’ Division I college
60 Partner of “odds”
63 Language suffix