CROSSWORD II
ACROSS
1 Gumbothickening vegetable 5 “Capisce?” 10 Features of
distressed jeans 14 “Is it just you and me here?”
16 Focus of study 17 “... ish” 18 Forgetme-___ (blue flowers) 19 Salty bodies 20 Highest math
degree? 21 Abstract painter
Martin
22 Bread for a Reuben sandwich 24 Six-line poetry
stanzas 26 Convenient cleaning items at barbecue restaurants 30 “___ ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer ...” (Hamlet) 32 British pop star
Rita 33 32-Across, for
one
35 Cookie with a Cakesters variety
36 Peas, e.g.,
poetically 38 Brief
appearance 39 ___ stick
(bouncy toy) 40 Broad valley 41 What an owl
might symbolize 43 Pickleball
barrier
44 Tool for
Banksy’s graffiti 46 Barbecue
implements 48 Anti
50 Space heater? 51 Tiffs
52 Sweet potato
dessert
54 Be fond of 57 Military fabric pattern, for short
58 Gesture for a
turning cyclist 61 Super-___ (remarkably healthy senior) 62 John McClane or
John Wick, say 63 Hall for dining, or aftermath of dining
64 Tries out
65 What gets pitched on a field?
DOWN
1 Wood that flavors chardonnay 2 ___ Kringle 3 “Thor” actress
Russo
4 “Oh, shoot!” 5 Word after “natural” and “laughing” 6 North Carolina
university
7 Legal wrongs 8 Bogged down by
details 9 Darjeeling, e.g. 10 Cooking surface 11 Seat of power created by George R.R. Martin
12 “If I Had a Hammer” artist and activist 13 Lip
15 Breezy courses 21 Consumed 23 Overwhelmingly
exciting victory 25 Hallucinogenic
fungi, familiarly 26 Forested region 27 Part of a book that lists corrections 28 Roulette and
craps, in a casino 29 Slow rate 31 Origins 34 Baseball execs 37 There are 100
in D.C.
42 “___ Rouge” 45 Not trans
47 Only chess piece
with a face 49 Makeup hues 51 ___ Likely
(phone warning) 53 Tweak, like an
essay
55 Joint for playing
spoons
56 Be deserving of 58 Place for a busker’s tips, maybe 59 Rihanna hit of
2006
60 Parking area