CROSSWORD NO. 2 STAR-CROSSED LOVERS
ACROSS
1 Dined
4 Bat wood
7 Shar ___ (wrinkly
dog)
10 Kitchen meas.
13 Was a segue for
15 Liquor in a pina
colada
16 Steamy, or dreamy
17 14-Down’s lover, in
a medieval story
18 8-Down’s lover, in a
Greek myth
20 Not tricked by
21 Hair goo
23 Pine (for)
24 Rodeo rope
26 Like a 2020 calendar, in two ways
27 Loses, as one’s coat
30 Gin’s partner
32 It doesn’t stand for
“any time money”
34 Sharpens
35 Word between “no”
and “luck”
36 To and ___
37 Summer mo. with
no federal holidays
38 This puzzle’s has a bonus if you read the letters where the lovers cross in order by column
40 Tit for ___
41 “___: Vegas” (2021
TV reboot)
42 Kind of Japanese
beef 43 Choose by a vote
45 “Jeopardy!” legend
Jennings
46 Surrounded by
48 What erasers often
leave, ironically
49 42-Down’s lover, in “Hunger Games” books
51 47-Down’s lover, in
a 1920s novel
53 Tilted, to a Brit
54 City east of KC
55 Comfort
59 Soldier with a
sword, say
61 Yosemite Falls’
range, informally
63 Latish lunch hour
64 Mermaid’s home
65 Person playing low
notes
66 Takeoff guess at
JFK
67 Common ID
68 Football gains:
Abbr.
69 “It all makes sense
now!”
DOWN
1 High male voice
2 Gull’s relative
3 Rewrite, perhaps
4 Tiny colony
member
5 Deer also called
bucks
6 Perfectly frank
7 Gamer who was
once a noob © 2021 ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION.
8 Lover of 18-Across
9 Accuse, as an
officeholder
10 Subsequently
11 One plays in “Toy
Story 4”
12 Quart divisions,
briefly
14 Lover of 17-Across
19 It may have a wide
brim
22 Remaining
details
25 Animal that brays
27 Rough home
28 Kitchen pot filler
that isn’t cooked
29 Designed
31 ___ Lock (computer
key)
33 Applesauce
maker
38 Ketchup
ingredients
39 “The Sopranos”
network, once
42 Lover of 49-Across
43 Long dash
lengths
44 Sections of cakes
47 Lover of 51-Across
50 Bodily canal site
52 Trojan War epic
56 Cantata solo
57 Pageant garment
58 “Como ___?”
59 Grief
60 Did a marathon
62 Letter with two
curves