CROSSWORD II

ACROSS

1 “You have a ___. You matter.” 5 ___ Piper 9 Fix, as a fight 12 “bc you’re

asking me ...” 13 Jordanian city hidden in “hype train” 18 Competitive crossword solvers strive to avoid them 19 “My win wasn’t exactly fair ...”

21 NYSE debut 22 “Stop clowning around outside!” 23 Patella, e.g. 25 Discord admins 26 October’s

month number 27 Jet ___ (traveler’s fatigue)

28 Santa checks it

twice

29 Brooklyn art school, or actor Chris

31 1995 Montell

Jordan hit

14 All eaten up about the

15 Red lights way things go on the down in South highway? Central 17 Chancellor 35 “We wanna join

von Bismarck you!” 36 Diminish

37 One more

than bi38 Is able 39 Without

40 Indian butter 41 Rocket ship’s starting point 44 Wretchedness 45 Often-roasted

cut of a pig 46 Big name in fruit

snacks 49 Grammy winner

India.___ 50 Undermined the

confidence of 52 Ship off 53 Showy bloom 54 Humorist

Bombeck 55 Flavor enhancer, for short

56 “The Walking Dead” actor Steven

57 Bird’s ___ soup (Chinese delicacy)

DOWN

1 Swampy

expanse 2 Nicaraguan love 3 “Never hurts to

be generous” 4 Really freakin’

cool

5 Small, spherical

veggie

6 “Next time, take

my advice” 7 Puts up, as a

monument 8 Japanese soup

stock

9 As bad as they

come

10 Stellar

beginning? 11 Crystal-filled

rock

13 “i’m begging u” 14 “Have at it” 16 Pendulum

direction

20 Main course 22 “My stars!” 23 Crunchy deli

sandwich 24 Waikiki’s island 25 Paste in Japanese

cookery

28 Soccer star

Messi 29 Dominates, in

gamer-speak 30 Wear down 32 Arranged nicely,

or unfairly 33 Long for 34 Neither a win

nor a loss 39 “That’s clear to

me” 40 “Silence is ___” 41 Involuntary jerk 42 Little sweaters? 43 ___ seed (black

bit on a bagel) 44 Itty-bitty 46 “What’s the

reason?” 47 Runs smoothly 48 Doc’s

“Immediately!” 51 “United Shades of America” channel