CROSSWORD II

2/10 ACROSS

1 Prep for a marathon, with “up” 5 Lightweight modeling wood 10 By way of

13 Nike rival 14 Helps at a heist 15 Engrave 17 *Open a Champagne bottle 23 Hooting bird 25 Cuba libre

mixer 26 *Roaming Asian

food seller 32 Wind instrument in “Peter and the Wolf”

33 Hamm who helped the U.S. win two World Cups

34 Amazing

achievements 37 It’s cut down at the end of March Madness

38 *Use few words 41 Call, in poker 42 Overused 44 Affirmative

action

45 Talk with a bot 46 *Notre Dame’s

team 19 Caramel-filled 50 Hideout

candy 51 Clean Air Act 20 Spanish for org.

“January” 52 Patent seekers 21 Tracks down like 57 More than

a bloodhound enough ©2023 Andrews McMeel Syndication 61 Murmurs

lovingly

62 Cold cut, or a hint to the word bookending each starred clue’s answer 64 “Como ___

usted?” 65 Offering site on Dia de los Muertos

66 She, in Colombia 67 Tree seen in

“eyewitness” 68 Romanov rulers 69 “I agree to your

terms!”

DOWN 1

Canaveral or Cod 2 Shakespeare’s

river

3 Ready for

picking 4 Climbing aid for

the Dark Knight 5 Romantic boo 6 Kindergarten

lesson 7 Name hidden in “female-only gym”

8 Inflexible about

rules

9 Request, as

advice 10 Milan-based

fashion house 11 “___, am America” (Langston Hughes) 12 Rights org. 16 Scorching

18 Call of the wild? 22 Marshmallow

spread

24 Fruit served with

tequila

26 “Stop it!”

27 Lyft alternative 28 Recurring story

element

29 Pen tip 30 Bouquet ___

(herb bundle) 31 GOLEAN cereal

brand

35 Black and green

drinks

36 Meyers on NBC 38 Commenced 39 Physics particle 40 Border

43 Tool for cutting

ceramic squares 45 Pulled an allnighter, say 47 Swings for 48 Cyber

troublemakers 49 Apple product

since 2010

52 ___ skates 53 Overly curious 54 Election Day

action

55 Dove with a

Pulitzer 56 Lasting mark 58 Late Brazilian athlete hailed as “O Rei do Futebol” 59 “Ooh” or “tra”

follower 60 Latin

list-ender 63 Speech fillers