CROSSWORD II
ACROSS
1 National tree of Canada
6 Reaction to cuteness
9 Scrape covering
13 ___ Fools’ Day
14 Stack of papers?
16 Corridor
17 Said “dada,” for example
18 Too
19 Opera solo
20 Sound such as “Mwahahaha!” (In this answer, see letters 2-6)
23 Gotten up
26 “It’s cold!”
27 Number on the back of a dime
28 What some patients seek before surgery (... letters 3-7)
32 King Kong, e.g.
33 Former NBA center Ming
34 Place to get a massage
35 Suggest
38 Experience turbulence, maybe
40 Got up
44 Snatch
46 Brand that used hamsters to sell its Soul
48 27-Across, in Mexico
49 Protestant religious organization (... letters 6-10)
54 Adjacent side/ hypotenuse, in trig
55 “___ to Joy”
56 Like some water rescues
57 Looking for a home, or a theme hint
61 Gumbo vegetable
62 Double-reed instrument
63 K’Nex pieces with teeth
67 Little rascals
68 Comprehends
69 Finish by
70 Impulsive
71 Swish maker in basketball
72 ___ Brook, N.Y.
DOWN
1 Spanish for “more”
2 Scrabble GO, e.g.
3 Motion starter?
4 “Do it this way”
5 “Stranger Things” character whose name is a number
6 Depleted Asian sea
7 ___-done (steak option)
8 Spicy sushi condiment
9 Former leader of Iran
10 Milk container
11 Mork and E.T., e.g.
12 Loud, harsh sound
15 Grieves
21 Dr. Jones, familiarly
22 Stagehands
23 Right away, for short
24 Towed auto, perhaps
25 Freezes
29 Klutz
30 ___ dot (clothing spot)
31 Quaker morsel
36 QB’s mistake
37 Sierra Nevada lake
39 Yang’s opposite
41 Pronoun for a blended family
42 Fairy tale beginning
43 Qatari city by the Persian Gulf
45 Person with all the sheets
47 Berry in a purple smoothie
49 “___, no hands!”
50 Takes by force
51 Name on a deli menu
52 Door joints
53 Time-sensitive
54 Group often preached to
58 Scout’s badge holder
59 Something passed after saying “Psst!”
60 Exam
64 Hubbub
65 Competed in a dash
66 Spot to serve slop