The Columbus Dispatch

CROSSWORD NO. 2 STAR-CROSSED LOVERS

- By Andrew Mcintyre

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

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