The Columbus Dispatch

CROSSWORD NO. 2

- By Winston Emmons

ACROSS 1 Sound-related

6 Say “I’m the best,”

say

10 Novak Djokovic,

nationalit­y-wise

14 Pride members

15 Actress Headey

16 Defendant’s

declaratio­n

17 Hollywood

in-crowd

18 When Romeo

meets Juliet

19 Kazakhstan’s former country: Abbr.

20 Bird’s base

21 Miniaturiz­e

abhorrent rodents?

23 High school

musical

25 The Arctic is the

smallest one

26 Game of chance

28 Container for making textile colors

32 “What a superficia­l

person I am!”?

36 “Whip It” band

37 Not home

38 Genetic letters

39 Words preceding

“mode”

42 Disabled vehicle’s

need

43 Where to find an

observatio­n post?

45 “The boxwood got

blown over!”?

48 Pastry fried in ghee © 2021 ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATIO­N.

51 Key also called

Return

52 Year qualifier

54 Superior groups

58 Features of partially fleeced animals?

62 40-day observance

63 (Thanks for rubbing

my belly!)

64 Come ___ play

65 Open space in the

woods

66 Settled on a flower,

e.g.

67 Perfect garden

68 Ancient Greek

storytelle­r

69 Alternativ­e to

passes

70 “September” or “Back to December”

71 Makes beer

DOWN

1 “Dough” or “cheddar,” for “money”

2 Edmonton NHL

player

3 Loud racket

4 Lay, as a carpet

5 Winter hrs. in Waco

6 Drab

7 Fun space in the

basement, maybe

8 Goofy act

9 Came out ahead

10 Jilted

11 “Frozen” character

in a blue dress

12 Take a break

13 Friday night

destinatio­ns

21 Determined to

accomplish

22 Mary ___ cosmetics

24 Convinced

27 First word of

“Jabberwock­y”

29 Bill rejection

30 Declare

31 Just a dot on the

map?

32 Has a good cry

33 Polynesian dance

34 Elemental bit

35 Bring in, as a salary

40 Old instrument­s

with long necks

41 Eve’s second son

44 Vehicles that

children can drive

46 Encourage

47 Dentist, at times

49 Title for a knight

50 Ground forces

53 Like an achiever’s

attitude

55 Kid around with

56 Supply with

funding

57 Recipe parts

58 Practice jabbing

and feinting

59 “The Handmaid’s

Tale” streamer

60 Activist

Brockovich

61 King ___ (movie

monster)

65 “Gift” for

chitchatti­ng

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