CROSSWORD II

6/4 ACROSS

1 Many racetracks, shapewise 6 ___ stickball

(oldest field sport in North

America) 13 Upgrade, like a

bathroom floor 15 Captain

Marvel, e.g. 20 Badly injure 21 Country where Nowruz is celebrated 22 Sound from a

sheep

25 The “A” in IPA 26 Distort

28 People at a meet

and greet

29 “___ Move”

(Young MC song) 32 Some workplaces 35 With 36-Across, MSNBC host on the 2020 Out100 list

36 See 35-Across 37 “I’m such a

dope!”

38 Ohio city where Sojourner Truth delivered the “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech 16 Narrowly defeat 39 Fizzy brown 17 Work on a Pixar drink

movie, perhaps 40 Word after

18 U.S. soccer star “sugar” or on the 2019 “candy” Out100 list U-turn from NNE 42 45 “___ a double

rainbow!” 46 Stable newborn? 48 Instrument with

a bent neck 49 “Pynk” singer on the 2020 Out100 list

53 Alternative

routes

56 Went too far with 57 “Mark my

words ...” 58 Pork-based dog

treat

59 Strew randomly 60 Drivers often change them to go faster

DOWN

1 Stressful

experience 2 Ikea dish known

as HUVUDROLL 3 First-string

squad

4 Animal that’s “simba” in Swahili

5 Fail to articulate 6 Certain

committee head 7 Dye for some

body art 8 Out-of-thisworld archer? 9 “___ to My Window” (Melissa Etheridge song) 10 Aunt, in Spanish 11 Queen of the

hill?

12 Teeny

14 “When are you

gonna be here?” 16 Watson of “Little

Women” 19 Dessert eaten

on 3/14

22 Ice cream treat

with meat in it 23 From scratch 24 Donkey

26 Cherry discard 27 Leafy salad with

croutons 28 Classic dog

name

30 George Takei’s

alma mater 31 Still owing 33 Like lashes and tattoos that come off

34 Prez who used

a wheelchair 35 Hilarious person 37 Discovery

Channel subj. 41 Every last bit 43 Flights in an

Escher print 44 Dandelion, e.g. 46 “It’s not my

___!” 47 How pastrami is

often served 48 Sophia who

played Aida 49 Caffeine rush 50 ___ off (prune) 51 Nefarious

52 ___ Millions 53 Start to

appear? 54 “Yadda yadda

yadda ...” 55 Brewed drink