CROSSWORD NO. 2

ACROSS

1 Metal pieces on

some belts

6 Scheme

10 Drops the ball

14 Lock horns

15 City near Lake

Tahoe

16 Italy’s shape

17 Alex Trebek’s closing line on “Jeopardy!” (In this clue’s answer, see letters 1 to 4)

20 It’s a mess

21 ___ brat

22 Mortarboard

attachment

23 Classic Father’s Day

gift

24 Scatter

25 Pool temperature

tester

26 Method for determining an artifact’s age (... letters 4 to 7)

32 Earthy pigment

33 Dads

34 Egg on

38 38, for a 19x2

rectangle

39 Supersized

41 Slip through the

cracks?

42 Sometimes-green

drinks

43 Big fuss

44 Rude look

45 “I’m doing it no matter what!” (... letters 2 to 5)

DOWN

1 Lip

2 Turkey ___ (fall

run)

3 Like a tacky

sweater

4 Group such as

Outkast

5 Washington post

6 Aspiring doctor’s

track, informally

7 Impose, as a tax

8 Unified

9 Hare’s fabled

opponent

10 Flows back © 2021 ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION.

49 “This means ___!”

52 Sweet potato

53 Brazilian Carnival

city, briefly

54 Public relations

concerns

56 Coin that may feature the Vitruvian Man

57 One keeps a beaver

busy

60 2019 film whose secret agent protagonist becomes a pigeon, and a theme hint

63 “If all ___ fails ...”

64 Monopoly card

65 Message with a

“To:” line

66 Stink to high

heaven

67 Almost forever

68 Leaves for lunch?

11 It’s for the birds

12 Drive in Beverly

Hills

13 Pizzazz

18 Broad smile

19 Sign of boredom

24 Certain way to go

to a party

26 Jacket

27 4,840 square

yards

28 Perlman of

“Cheers”

29 Lion, tiger or bear

30 Cook’s garment

31 Zest

35 Bring in the

sheaves

36 Start of an idea

37 Duel tool

39 Put on hold

40 Levine of

Maroon 5

44 Moe, Curly and

Larry

46 Light or dark

loaves

47 Members of an ancient Celtic religion

48 “Dear” ones

49 More sensible

50 Easily sufficient

51 Poker ploy

55 Nerd

56 Fall garden?

57 Watch face

58 China setting

59 Pinochle combo

61 “The Matrix” hero

62 Name within

“human”