The Columbus Dispatch

CROSSWORD NO. 2 SPACE TRAVEL

- By Christina Iverson

ACROSS

1 Is in the past?

4 Rouse, as an

appetite

8 Introducto­ry

musical passage

12 Addams family

cousin

13 Expresses

discontent for

15 Berry in a bowl

16 Like a queen

18 First in line

19 Sets one’s booty

down

20 Parrots and ferrets

22 Tater ___

23 “Jaywalking”

comedian

24 TV watchdog org.

27 Guevara in Cuban

history

29 Peas, for a

peashooter

31 Outback maker

33 Possessed

34 Witherspoo­n on

“Big Little Lies”

36 Movie parts

37 Up to one’s ears

39 Peach State

airport: Abbr.

40 Loafs

41 Like a shabby

sweater

42 Fixtures that may

contain “lava”

44 Double ___

(extra-boozy brew)

45 Noxious

atmosphere

47 Basis 48 Wapo rival

49 Bro, maybe

50 Four-award achievemen­t, for short

52 “Auld ___ Syne”

54 Old Russian ruler

55 Hit the slopes with

a canopy

58 Often-baked pasta

61 They twirl batons

63 Representa­tive

symbol

64 Latin list ender

65 Munched on

66 Repressed, with

“up”

67 Cupid’s

counterpar­t

68 Spheres on a sushi

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DOWN

1 Thin lock of hair

2 Lead in to “boy” or

“girl”

3 *Handed over one’s

card at the bar

4 “Alas!”

5 Joy Reid, for “The

Reidout”

6 Lawyerly letters

7 Color named for a

mole

8 Movers’ vehicles

9 ___ Hardware

10 Min.’s counterpar­t

11 Center of an olive

13 *”I Know What You

Want” rapper

14 Awkward years,

often

17 MMA match ending

21 *One primarily attracts vacationer­s

23 *Calligraph­y, say

24 Meteor, and a hint to the word that descends in the starred clues’ answers ... and this puzzle’s grid

25 ___-crawly

26 Bombard with

colorful language

27 Bracelet trinkets

28 Obama’s birth state

30 A square one is

said to be healthy

32 Word with “dad” or

“beach”

35 Muppet who hosts “The Not-too-late Show”

38 Canonized people:

Abbr.

43 Guiding night light?

46 One’s best, to a

coach

51 Give a stump

speech

53 ___ King Cole

54 Slight coloring

55 Response to

“Marco!”

56 Diet with fat

bombs

57 “Got it”

58 Close, like jeans

59 Much of Greenland,

ironically

60 Whale’s weight unit

62 Container for tips

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