CROSSWORD NO. 2 SPLITTING HAIRS
ACROSS
1 Drains
5 Cultivate
9 Word after “punch”
or “sloppy”
14 Land measure
15 “Live!” co-host
Kelly
16 Bread at an Indian
restaurant?
17 Soothing succulent
18 Way off
19 Covered with
flakes, in a way
20 *Denim pants that don’t zip up (Hint: In each starred clue’s answer, note the first two + last two letters)
23 Caramel-filled
candy
24 Ger.’s continent
25 De Armas of
“Knives Out”
27 In the manner of
29 Emphatic
affirmation
33 Clic Stic pen
maker
34 *Part of the family with one’s dada and dadi
36 Plays charades
38 Couple’s
possessive
39 Leafy option at
Sweetgreen
40 *Tote
45 Dream location?
46 Cry from a jealous
girlfriend, perhaps
47 Knee part: Abbr.
48 Surgery sites,
briefly
DOWN
1 Bygone Swedish
car
2 RBG’S onetime
employer
3 It can give you a
particular angle
4 Handle
efficiently
5 Breakfast with oat
clusters
6 Improvised bit of
jazz
7 Australian gem
8 Needing
convincing, say
9 Creator of the
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49 “So pretty!”
50 Bar in an accessible
bathroom
52 *2012 event that featured female athletes from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei
59 Some lines in
circles
60 “Teen ___” (Meg
Cabot novel)
61 Purplish berry
62 Chatting on the
web
63 Seaweed enjoyed as a snack
64 Pulitzer-winning Kendrick Lamar album
65 Like an unkempt
dog
66 “The ___ Andre
Show”
67 Laborious task
10 Do something
dangerous
11 Atop
12 MSNBC fodder
13 One may be under
a doormat
21 “Frozen” snowman
22 Taunt
25 Embarrass
26 Specialized market
28 Make amends
29 ___ mate (South
American tea)
30 Devilish
31 Couch potato,
e.g.
32 Ownership papers
35 The “O” of XO
37 Doing some
cuddling
41 Little Stevie
Wonder, for one
42 Texter’s “If you’re
asking me ...”
43 Material for fake
nails
44 Chic, informally
51 Apple tablets
52 Dalai ___
53 Norse god of
wisdom
54 IX
55 Stench
56 Chicago mayor
Lightfoot
57 Print on militaryinspired fashion, briefly
58 Participate in a
cabaret
59 Lip of a glass