CROSSWORD NO. 2 DOWN CLUE
ACROSS
1 Brag
6 Raise a paddle at an
auction
9 Hole punchers
13 Radio knob
14 Had dinner, say
15 Use as a bed
17 *How most loans
are repaid
19 Opening words
20 Mike’s partner in
candy
21 “Rushmore”
director Anderson
23 Outfit for one who’s
en pointe
24 It can last a lifetime
26 *One-hit wonder,
for example
29 “Cold, hard”
statements
31 More pretentious
32 “That’s probably a
good idea”
34 Sketch comedy
show, briefly
35 “Cheers” bartender
38 Singer Warwick
39 (Giggle)
41 Artist Yoko
42 Dance move popularized by Cam Newton
44 Hats with strings
45 Container for
serving wine
47 Huge concert
venue
48 *Like many interval
training exercises © 2021 ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION.
52 Beer first shipped to Madras and Calcutta, briefly
53 Surprised greeting
54 Match, as a
44-Down
55 And so forth: Abbr.
57 Tilts
59 Suggest something subtly, or what the answers to the starred clues do vertically
64 “Inferno” author
65 Monk’s condition,
for short
66 Pie nut
67 Poke fun at
68 Originally named
69 Skilled
DOWN
1 Texter’s
“Incidentally ...”
2 French affirmative
3 “A Bug’s Life” insect
4 “The Outsiders”
author
5 Difficult hike
6 Honey
7 Fighting words
8 Finds repulsive
9 Comedian Wong
10 Season in House
Stark’s motto
11 Abate
12 Kind of, casually
16 New York is a
proper one
18 One wearing a bow
tie in a ring
22 Japanese religion
24 Washbowl
25 Sneeze sound
27 Wee fellow
28 Montana’s capital
29 Classic dog name
30 Relative of a
banana split
33 Benefits from
mistakes
35 They’re used to
being fleeced
36 Cigna competitor
37 Small plateau
40 Like flour with
restored nutrients
43 Inspired by
44 Action at the poker
table
45 Calico fabric used
for upholstery
46 Intense, as
competition
48 Wait on the phone
49 “Rumor has it ...”
50 Country west of
Togo
51 Informal answer to “Is the pope Catholic?”
56 Bite at a Spanish
bar
58 “___ who?!”
60 Poem hidden in
“good effort”
61 Word after “black”
or “pack”
62 Short rest
63 Nobel invention, for
short