CROSSWORD NO. 2 IN THE BLACK
ACROSS
1 *Wee fly (Hint: Imagine a letter to the right of each single-starred clue’s answer. These letters spell something thematic.)
4 Wee bit
7 Disney movie with
a genie
14 *A8 automaker
15 Grocery chain
16 Tart drink
17 *Superfan
18 What cards are in after being shuffled
20 *Short-term
worker
21 Italian volcano
22 *Penne-vodka link
23 Many pop songs
use the same four
26 Deflation sound
30 *Strategize
31 Something to
sneeze at?
32 Name hidden in
“believer”
33 Brazilian dance
35 Ball pit, e.g.
37 Roads to nowhere, and a hint to this puzzle’s four thematic elements
40 Where to bring a
dirty suit
42 Full
45 Broadcasts
46 Sushi condiment © 2021 ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION.
49 **Jump from a board (... a letter to the left of each double-starred clue’s answer ...)
50 Gentle shot in golf
51 New York island
52 **Part of, as a
scheme
53 Incite
54 **”___ fair in love
...”
55 Budding
horticulturist’s field
62 **Be generous
63 Trunk marker
64 Iowa college
65 **Smallest bills
66 Some detect
motion
67 Terminate
68 **Sparrow’s
structure
DOWN
1 Certain fuel valves
2 Chocolaty spread
3 “Whataya Want
From Me” singer
4 Winter wheel wrap
5 Novelist Christie
6 Oikos yogurt maker
7 ***Often (... a letter below each triple-starred clue’s answer ...)
8 ***Prom wheels
9 ***Latin for “love”
10 ***Laura in
“Jurassic Park”
11 ***Duchamp’s art
movement
12 ***Carded
13 ***Infamous
emperor
19 1947 Bacall/bogart
film noir
24 Pickling herb
25 Blubbery
mammal
26 Beach, in Bolivia
27 Up next
28 “Convenience”
charge
29 FDR power
project
34 Great time
36 “Absolutely!”
38 What you read while doomscrolling
39 Mild expletive
40 Trade partner?
41 Lucy of “Charlie’s
Angels”
43 Adapts
44 Most thick
47 Pronto
48 Guiding light
55 **** Mammals in caves (... a letter above each quadruple-starred clue’s answer ...)
56 **** Relative of a
troll
57 **** Tiny songbird
58 **** Is dishonest
59 **** :, in an analogy
60 **** The Tar Heel
State: Abbr.
61 **** Bands’ jobs