CROSSWORD II
ACROSS
1 Easy
comparison? 4 Congress passes
them
8 “Out, out, out!” 14 South China or
Mediterranean 15 Sound
rebound 16 Trick-taking
card game 17 According to 18 36-Down’s place of humble beginnings?
20 Total bargain
22 Steeped
beverage 23 Sunrise direction 24 Knight who wields the Force 25 Massage
deeply
28 Having to rise,
for 36-Down? 33 Points at a
dartboard 34 401(k)
alternative
35 On the other
side of
38 Cpl. or sgt. 39 Crumple (up) 41 Brit’s toilet 42 Set aside, as
time
44 Small, to many a hip-hop artist 45 Grad 46 Cleans up a cut on 36-Down? 49 Olympic fencing form 50 Vulgar 51 Cpl. or sgt. 54 Sara of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”
57 Employ
against
59 Best 36-Down at a baking contest?
63 Ike & Tina
Turner, e.g. 64 Tennis legend
___ Jean King 65 Freebie 66 Sheepskin boot
brand
67 Gave a
shoutout? 68 Picnic pests 69 Vietnamese dish with rice noodles
DOWN
1 Egyptian
cobras 2 Healthy red
drink
3 Switch to a better-paying job, say 4 Comic Jones 5 Pretend to be 6 “Wait, ___?”
7 In need of a
massage
8 “My gosh!”
9 For us
10 Crave
11 “Easy there!” 12 Keep at ___
length
13 Throw, in
modern slang 19 Waterproof
covering 21 Appends 26 Prophet 27 Scottish lake 28 Halftime
marchers
29 ___ Creed (set of Christian beliefs)
30 Bobby of hockey
fame
31 Bad service? 32 Sought more
information 36 Loaf whose popularity spiked in 2020 37 Not every 39 Rung of a
ladder
40 Med. research
agency 43 Considering
everything 45 “Top Gun”
pilots
47 Big rig 48 Consumes soup
rudely
51 Dear ___
(advice column) 52 Soft cheese named for a French region 53 Sleigh jingler 55 Ancient
Peruvian 56 Soon, in
poetry 58 Canceled, at
NASA
60 Cube to roll 61 Got hitched 62 CPR expert