The Columbus Dispatch

CROSSWORD NO. 2

- By Gary Larson and Amy Ensz

ACROSS

1 Campfire residue

4 Brood X insect

10 University official

14 Post-o.r.

destinatio­n

15 Travel on foot

16 Actress Watson or

Thompson

17 United Kingdom,

e.g.?

19 AKB48 genre

20 British boarding

school

21 Post-wedding title,

for some

22 Fried pancake often served with sour cream

23 Doctor ___ (Marvel’s Sorcerer Supreme)

26 Dark blue shade

27 National anthem,

e.g.?

32 Weekly sitcom, e.g.

35 What makes the

earth turn?

36 Actress Thurman

37 Warning signs

38 Baby panda

39 Movie excerpts

41 Zilch

42 Aries, in the zodiac

43 Founder of philosophi­cal Taoism

44 Utopia?

48 “Around the World”

toy

49 Try

53 Not at all overly wordy, rather unlike this clue itself © 2021 ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATIO­N.

28 Opposable digit

29 Apt name for a

burglar

30 Little devils

31 It’s cracked when all the pieces come together

32 Princes, e.g.

33 Send out

34 Four-person

Olympic event

38 Half-___ (rhyming

coffee order)

39 Musical group?

40 People who play paper against scissors, e.g.

42 Kanga’s kid

43 Like candles in a

menorah

45 Threw out

46 Center of

a storm

47 Piece of equipment for hanging Christmas lights

50 Necessitie­s

51 Fabric fold

52 Short-tempered

53 Be inclined

54 Lake that’s 3/4

vowels

55 Tailless cat

56 Poker pot starter

59 Gymnastics

champion Suni

60 “The A-team”

muscleman

61 Braying beast 55 Ticked off

57 Something you might get in trouble for breaking

58 Time line sections

59 Local citizenry?

62 “Good one!”

63 Goes onstage

64 Part of a sleeve?

65 No good ___ goes

unpunished

66 Puts forth

67 Messy room,

metaphoric­ally

DOWN

1 Helpers

2 “King of Ragtime”

Joplin

3 Funny stuff

4 Chinese life force

5 Particle with a

charge

6 Some scam

artists

7 In the distance

8 Lowers, like the

lights

9 Enjoyed some

jajangmyeo­n

10 “This situation seems so familiar” feeling

11 Ineffectiv­e

executive

12 Run ___ (go wild)

13 Back of the neck

18 Pain relief brand

22 On the ___ (fleeing)

24 Denials

25 Gloomy ___ (alliterati­ve pessimist)

26 “Science Guy” Bill

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