The Columbus Dispatch

CROSSWORD NO. 2

- By Nancy Stark and Will Nediger

ACROSS

1 Top seed’s reward

4 Frolic

8 Cowboy’s pants

13 “Hahaha,” in a text

14 Now more than ___

15 Agree

17 In the past

18 “Billions” actor Asia

___ Dillon

19 Move stealthily

20 Low pitch indicator,

in music

22 Gets closer to

23 Aussie hopper

24 Sharp knock

26 Fjord, for instance

27 Beachcombe­r’s

find

29 Marks on shoes

31 ___ spectrum

33 Palindromi­cally titled fashion magazine

34 Short comedy

routine

37 Doonesbury

cartoonist Garry

39 What some people

can’t tolerate

41 Band hidden in

“One Love”

42 Name that

anagrams to “coin”

44 Did some

restaurant work

45 Turtleneck, for one

47 Kind of paint or

glove

48 Nicki who sang

“Anaconda”

DOWN

1 Reveal secrets

2 Class with poses

3 It hits the ground when you’re running

4 Place to end up after walking the plank

5 Shape such as 0

6 Cab devices

7 Foreword follower

8 Pet in many a

Youtube video

9 Worst possible

track meet result

10 Quaking trees

11 Flower feature

12 Apt rhyme for

“bore” © 2021 ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATIO­N.

51 Enjoyed fufu, say

52 Athlete once ineligible for the Olympics

53 Dickinson who wrote almost 1,800 poems

54 Riboflavin, e.g.

58 Put aside for later

60 Wine list section

61 Like a fox

62 Gregarious

63 Word with “rug” or

“code”

64 Take advantage of

65 Watches over, as a

fire

66 Stephenson who

coined “metaverse”

67 Touch gently

16 Obstacle in a

course?

21 Strongly built

25 Word near a

handle

27 Leave completely

full

28 Fling with force

30 Diamond

imperfecti­on

32 Postal delivery

34 Toast words ... or 3-, 4- and 9-Down, based on their meanings and direction?

35 “Gotcha”

36 Offshoot of a lecture conference

38 Bruins’ Golden

State sch.

40 Homecoming

queen’s crown

43 Good source of

fiber

45 Contact a radio

show

46 Idolize

48 “Clean up

this ___!”

49 “Turn on the A.C.!”

50 One who cries

“Uncle”?

55 Creative

inspiratio­n

56 “Casablanca”

heroine

57 No, in Moscow

59 Windy City trains

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