The Columbus Dispatch

CROSSWORD NO. 2 OPENING CREDITS

- By Jim Holland

ACROSS

1 Unyielding

6 Not so exciting

10 Dog walker’s need

13 Hawaiian porch

14 Tropical fruit often

made into jelly

15 Cheer in Cordoba

16 This alphabetic­ally themed crossword stars ___ from “30 Rock” and “Dr. Death” ...

18 Edge

19 Silent performer

20 What an iphone

runs on

21 See 53-Across

23 Forms a union, in a

sense

25 Zillions

26 ... ___ from “Annie” and “Charlie’s Angels” ...

31 Got the day started

35 Tree with upright

cones

36 Like a light lager

37 Completely

exposes

38 Garment that has a

hook

39 Long cars, for short

40 Deceitful person

41 Calf’s call

42 Beginning stage

43 ... ___ from “Maleficent” and “The Great” ...

47 Blue or White river

48 How some specialty items are made 53 With 21-Across, actors’ representa­tives

56 Obsolescen­t tape

player, briefly

57 Mystical essence

58 Rock in a tram

59 ... and ___ from “The French Connection” and “Unforgiven”

62 Word before

“name” or “pal”

63 Often-lengthy

exam format

64 Coke competitor

65 Cheerless

66 Like goblin sharks

but not goblins

67 Gold, e.g., to an

investor

DOWN

1 Shuts hard

2 “Rocky” actress

Shire

3 Foe

4 Speeds, or speedy

events

5 Ballpoint’s tip

6 Pals

7 What you might lay down, with “the”

8 Style of

sunglasses

9 “Wait a second!”

10 Brought into

existence

11 Came down to

Earth

12 Some stones in

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14 Air of despair

17 Opera whose name has the same vowels as 25-Down

22 Low rod on a cello

24 Cools, as a drink

25 Opera highlight

27 Actor Zac

28 Purina alternativ­e

29 It may soothe a

sunburn

30 ___ for life (high

spirits)

31 Well-qualified

32 Symbol of

thinness

33 Type of hygiene

34 Peaceful

38 T-___ steak

39 Blue bird, for

Twitter

41 Dog with a silky

white coat

44 One of 10 digits,

often

45 Like a flea bite

46 Romance novelist

Roberts

49 Does a fall job

50 They’re full of

garbage

51 Rub out

52 Rehearsed a full

musical

53 Shirts and

blouses

54 ___ 51

55 Give temporaril­y

56 ___ scallopini

60 Intelligen­ce org.

61 Tax time VIP

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