CROSSWORD II

ACROSS

1 Seasoned rice

dish

6 Sports bar

screens 9 Manipulated, as

the system 14 French

goodbye 15 Young companion of Pooh 16 Visibly amazed 17 Neutral and reverse, for two

18 Lucrative Middle

Eastern export 19 Regions

20 It hears things 21 Put on a

pedestal

24 “I see a roach!!” 25 Suffer sudden

back pain 27 Skewer 30 Perform a routine perfectly 34 Nearest star to

the sun

38 Piece of band

equipment 39 Income ___ 40 Reagan’s side,

for short 41 Scorch 43 Scheming group 45 Camera

attachment 46 Auto mileage counters that can be reset 49 Us vs. ___ 50 Comedic bits 51 Fuji discard ... and a hint to the devices hidden in 25-, 34- and 46-Across 55 Dress worn on

the red carpet 58 Buenos ___ 59 Zilch 63 Garden of

paradise 64 Like a disparaging remark 65 Turned pink,

say 66 Facebook’s parent company 67 Trapshooting 68 Put in the

mail

DOWN

1 It’s turned in a

book 2 Brainstormer’s

output

3 One whose pants are on fire?

4 ___ Lingus

(Irish carrier) 5 Corkscrew

pasta

6 Group of Scouts 7 “And here

you go!”

8 Not liquid, gaseous or plasmatic

9 Views with awe 10 In the past 11 Lion’s locks 12 Sporting sword 13 Paper pusher’s

place

22 “Carpe ___”

(“Seize the day”) 23 Historian Howard whose surname rhymes with “win”

25 Jazz instrument,

for short 26 Sorento

automaker 27 Some hoppy

brews

28 Mascot at Citi

Field

29 Andy Warhol’s soup can paintings, e.g. 31 Olympic sledders 32 Golf clubs with

metal heads 33 Barista’s jarful 35 Just slightly 36 ___ San Lucas

(Baja resort) 37 Comprehensive

test 42 “Umbrella” pop

star

43 It’ll point you in

the right direction 44 Kit with toy

bricks

45 Myths

47 Lively spirit 48 Cigarette toxin 52 Part of a chain 53 Buffalo’s Great

Lake 54 Surrender, as

power 55 Precious stone 56 Verse bursting

with praise 57 Soggy

60 Yes, on a ship 61 Couch potato’s

home?

62 Find a sum