CROSSWORD NO. 2
ACROSS
1 They’re above abs
5 Event with deepfried food
9 Dishonest person
14 Sentry’s order
15 Gladys Knight’s
range
16 Spew lava
17 Ideal piece of pasta, e.g., informally?
19 Gets together
20 “Seriously!”
21 Thing for walking
the dog?
23 Type of sauce in
teriyaki dishes
24 Tickled doll
26 Skirts with a
pancake variety
28 Query
31 “I’ve never heard that song sung in two keys simultaneously,” for one?
35 Bit of kindling
37 Ready
38 Switch topics
39 Thing to keep your
eye on
40 “Bear” related to a
wombat
43 Go on a tirade
44 One with many
world views?
46 ___ the groundwork
47 Confessional
confessions
48 Complicated network of relationships at Buckingham Palace?
DOWN
1 Tammy
Duckworth’s deg.
2 Bring in,
as money
3 Activist and poet
Wade
4 Not fresh
5 One might have a
nose wire
6 Apple pie ___
mode
7 Modest response
to praise
8 “Mr. ___” (Styx
song)
9 Show stoppers?
10 Mine cart cargo
11 “Nope, try once
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52 BOS rival, in
baseball
53 Postpone
54 “Table” or “sea”
follower
56 Do something
58 Strongly against
60 Lift
63 Prickly plant
65 “My life has been reduced to these few sentences on a dust jacket!”?
68 Feature of 70-Across’s clue
69 Male deer
70 Peter, Paul and
Marry, for one
71 Project details,
briefly
72 Feature of
70-Across’s clue
73 Tidbit of vanilla
12 No more than
13 Site for handmade
goods
18 Breast ___ (babyfeeding option)
22 Loud laugh sound
25 Cookie that can be
personalized
27 Lyft alternatives
28 Chance to hit
29 Mowed path
30 Did a crossword in the waiting room, say
32 Even a little
33 Like eggs
over easy
34 “Heavens to ___!”
36 What polarized
lenses reduce
41 What bills might
become
42 12 months before
now
45 To the extent that
49 Longing
50 One who
creates
51 Chatter
indiscreetly
55 Charges, as at
windmills
56 Alphabet
57 Corn or barley
59 Wee, cutesily
61 Certain
62 Lake by Toledo
64 Theater chain
66 Tree’s “blood”
67 Weightlifter’s
pride, briefly