New York Daily News

CROSSWORD II

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ACROSS

1 Umps’ relatives

5 Bitter ale ingredient

9 ___ and flowed

14 Lake bordering four states

15 Over again

16 “You are your best thing,” e.g., from “Beloved”

17 Mama’s boys?

18 Apple assistant

19 Opposite of rural

20 Movement that shaped the modern workweek

23 Unreturned serve

24 Come out on top

25 Place to park

26 Compound in pot

29 Time machine on “Doctor Who”

31 Evening shindig

33 Sea’s maximum level

37 Lizzo or Taylor Swift, in the music world

39 ___ pickle

40 Poker starter

41 “Focus on the future!”

46 It might feature a pinata

47 Second half of a carefree phrase

50 Slip-___ (some shoes)

51 Grp. with co-pays

53 Writing implement

54 Wok, e.g.

55 Late-’70s Blondie hit, or a hint to the middle word in 20-, 33- or 41-Across

58 Crown inset

61 Animation collectibl­es

62 In days gone by

63 Best-case

64 Free speech org.

65 “Right now!”

66 Hearty enjoyment

67 ___ till you drop

68 Dried herb amts.

DOWN

1 Move from a table to a booth, say

2 Beethoven’s Third

3 Openings in the woodwind section?

4 Informal get-together

5 Hookah contents

6 Veggie for fried rings

7 Machu Picchu’s country

8 Ice cream flourish

9 It divides Earth into hemisphere­s

10 Stash for later, as a bone

11 Actor ___ the Drag Queen

12 Flight schedule abbr.

13 Cozy room

21 Thin branch

22 One pill twice daily, perhaps

26 Curmudgeon, slangily

27 Ernie’s roommate

28 Hockey feint

30 T. rexes, e.g.

32 Apple desktops

34 “Super Mario Galaxy” console

35 Journalist Curry

36 Price label

37 Deets

38 Half dollar, for one

42 Shakespear­e prince played by James Earl Jones

43 ___ Sutra

44 Packs on muscle

45 “Avatar: The Last Airbender” protagonis­t hidden in “camera angle”

48 Cover unscrewed at the pump

49 Beginnings

52 Black-and-white swimmers

53 ___ asado (chicken dish)

55 Furnace output 56 Industry with apps

57 In need of directions

58 Lively dance

59 End of online colleges?

60 “The French Dispatch” director Anderson

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©2023 Andrews McMeel Syndicatio­n 2/22

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