CROSSWORD NO. 2 IT’S A ZOO OUT THERE

ACROSS

1 Exclude

5 Cheer squad?

9 Microwave’s

“Done!”

13 Route

14 Drink brand with a

wintry logo

15 Pale purple

16 Ending for “teen”

17 Fashion journalist

Garcia

18 Spot seller

19 Valuable designation for a collector

22 Zoning unit

23 How many ‘00s mixtapes were stored

24 Prepare to order a

drink

32 One-named Irish

singer

33 Negative

conjunction

34 Not just punctual

35 Boxer Nico ___

Walsh

36 Requirement when

buying booze

39 Outdated

40 North Pole resident

42 Write

43 ___ gras (duck

delicacy)

44 Balancing daredevil

48 Printer paper unit

49 “___ we there yet?”

50 Creature comforts? ... and a hint to the words that bookend 19-, 24and 44-Across © 2021 ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION.

57 Indifferent

58 Main point

59 “Ah, gotcha”

60 Drink with a pumpkin spice variety

61 Water, for a Super

Soaker

62 Gluttony and greed

63 Great Basin

indigenous group

64 Fiefdom laborer

65 ___ it out (settle a

beef)

DOWN

1 Libra’s birthstone,

often

2 Travelers to

Bethlehem

3 Romantic duo, in a

tabloid

4 ___ in Manila (iconic 1975 boxing match)

5 Optimize with small

adjustments

6 LSD

7 Hawaiian goose found in “pine needles”

8 Personal watercraft

brand

9 “I wouldn’t do that”

10 French bread?

11 All tied up

12 Liveliness

15 Paired

20 North Pole

product

21 Football turnover:

Abbr.

24 Godzilla, for

example

25 Zhou in Chinese history (A-LINE anagram)

26 Being deceitful

27 ‘90s collectible

disk

28 Von ___ (“The Sound of Music” surname)

29 Small stream

30 Nickname that sounds like a passageway

31 Winona of

“Stranger Things”

36 Library penalty

37 Director Spike

38 Needing

41 Pushes

forcefully

43 Dutch dialect spoken in Belgium

45 U.K. military

flyers

46 High-end watches featuring a Greek letter

47 Singer Grande,

familiarly

50 Fence

component

51 ___ Modern

(London museum)

52 It’s worth two

nickels

53 Whispery video

genre, for short

54 Himalayas’

home

55 Camera part

56 Group hangout,

slangily

57 ___-ray disc