The Columbus Dispatch

CROSSWORD NO. 2

- By Catherine Cetta

ACROSS

1 Wander

5 (Hey, you)

9 Second attempt

13 Belly button’s

region

14 Something to

flutter, informally

15 Apple tablet

16 Short words? (Note this answer’s last 3 letters + ...)

17 True geeky self (...

this one’s first 2)

19 Constellat­ion

component

20 Wine choice

21 Monopoly pieces

22 Person who has an

app

24 Narrowest of

margins to win by

25 Wellness center

(Last 2 letters + ...)

29 Velcro alternativ­e

(... first 4)

33 Gene variant

34 Wrath

36 Pack (down)

37 Egyptian boy king

38 Word before “all” or

“hours”

40 Pro hoops league

41 Biblical paradise

43 Tic-___-toe

44 Book lover

47 Televised again

(Last 3 letters + ...)

49 Gamer’s leg up (...

first 2)

51 Drubbing © 2021 ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATIO­N.

53 Median, e.g.,

briefly

54 Houston MLB team

57 Home of NOLA and

KCMO

58 Protected

62 “Awesome,” to the Ninja Turtles (Last 5 letters + ...)

64 Like a peon’s

position (... first 3)

65 Select All’s menu

66 Depend

67 Blender setting

68 Rational

69 Settles IOUS

70 River to the

underworld

DOWN

1 Cheer (for)

2 Killer whale

3 Habitually

4 Unruly crowd

5 Electricia­n’s

gripping tool

6 Hourglass filler

7 Figure with the format 123-456789: Abbr.

8 Greek letter that symbolizes an angle

9 Ice hockey

enthusiast

10 Heaviest Olympic

sword

11 “Rats!”

12 Strangely, they can

be even

13 Hotel room fixtures

18 Muddy up

20 Prepare, as

leftovers

23 Mo. city near Ill.

24 Fabled race loser

25 One has nothing

nice to say

26 Manage to avoid

27 Take in or let out

28 Inning’s beginning

30 Like a positive

attitude

31 Plant firmly

32 Word before “tire”

or “change”

35 List of mistakes

39 Fiction’s opposite

42 Tell, as a story

45 Letter before

8-Down

46 Behaves badly

48 Beginner, in gamer

lingo

50 College applicatio­n

components

52 Seize illegally

54 Unreturnab­le

serves

55 Scotch and ___

56 Doppel-ganger,

seemingly

57 Like a terrible

mood

59 Off-kilter

60 Show off at the

gym

61 What a peacock’s

tail spot resembles

63 Teacher’s org.

64 Some records, for

short

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