CROSSWORD II

ACROSS

1 Like the highest degree

4 “___ the

Explorer” 8 Name before “lemon,” in an activewear brand

12 Nays’ opposites 14 “That’s my cue!” 15 Does some modeling 16 A-lister

18 Sports or

concert venue 19 *Urban intersection boundaries

21 PC’s “Get me

outta here!” key 22 Get an F 23 Expects that one

will

27 When woolly mammoths roamed the Earth

31 In ___ land

(spacey)

32 *+++

35 Big primate 36 Renaissance ___ (historical reenactment) 37 Chinese zodiac rodent 38 *First letters of Lima and Lisbon, aptly 41 Lavish party 42 Sharing a common culture 43 Naive

46 Iowa college

town

48 ___ de cologne 49 Temperature on a hot day, or a hint to the

starred clues’ answers and each black square arrangement in the grid 55 Word after

“man” or “picky” 56 Underlying

reason

58 Bill collectors? 59 Golden Rule

preposition 60 Breakfast-in-bed

surface

61 One who has

your back 62 Rounded hammer end 63 Caustic cleanser

DOWN

1 The Big Apple,

briefly

2 Summer tops 3 Come to a stop 4 Straight to the

point

5 Neglect to

mention 6 Campus military

org

7 “Don’t give me

___ your lip!” 8 Rhine siren who inspired Sylvia Plath

9 Product

consumer

10 It helps you

focus

11 “Born in the ___” (Springsteen anthem) 13 Sister and sometime rival of Venus 15 Loses one’s cool 17 Nickname

similar to Beth 20 Confident poker

player’s move 23 Finish second at

Belmont 24 Gently splash

against 25 Hebrew

alphabet starter 26 Iridescent gem 28 Concur

29 Pesky flyers 30 ___ Park,

Colorado

33 Start of many

rap names 34 Major in

astronomy? 36 Aspect

39 In a silly way 40 Kitchen gizmos

that ding 41 Well-versed in a

language 44 Normandy or

Aragon

45 Root for a luau 47 Pancake topper

49 Execute

perfectly 50 “___ never fly!” 51 Copenhagen

resident 52 Major

addition? 53 Countess’s

counterpart 54 Kill it at a

comedy club 55 Letter after

zeta

57 Retina’s organ