The Columbus Dispatch

CROSSWORD NO. 2

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ACROSS

1 Place to enjoy a

mud mask

4 Electrical­ly flexible

8 Ceiling

11 Lead-in to “Major”

or “Minor”

13 Mild yellow cheese

15 The “C” of TLC

16 Op-ed piece, e.g. (note letter 15 in this clue’s answer)

19 Play matchmaker

for

20 “... but I could be

wrong”

21 One might take place in a conference room (letter 4)

26 “Rubaiyat” poet

Khayyam

27 Relieved sounds

28 O-shaped earring

29 E or G, e.g.

30 Hamster’s home

32 Fanatics

34 Bothers incessantl­y

(letter 1)

36 Says “I am what I

am!”

40 Resistance units

41 CEO’S degree,

sometimes

44 Hilarious person

45 Cavs, on a

scoreboard

46 Word before “ring”

or “lighting”

47 Very slim

possibilit­y (letter 3)

52 “Luther” star Elba 53 Home with a

bird’s-eye view

54 Person in charge

(letter 13)

59 Pretentiou­sly

cultured

60 Root beer-and-ice

cream treat

61 Celeste of “All

About Eve”

62 “For sure!”

63 Legendary

Himalayan beast

64 Animated movie

set in Brazil

DOWN

1 The world revolves

around it

2 Suppose

3 “In a manner of

speaking ...”

4 Visibly surprised

5 “That’s a ___-out!”

6 Expected

7 Disk drive

inserts

8 Word on yellow

tape

9 Pitcher’s asset

10 Writing tool for some crossword solvers

12 Buzzing

14 A lot, for some?

15 Provide apparel for

17 “German sausage jokes are just the wurst,” e.g.

18 Final number in “A Chorus Line,” inaptly © 2021 ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATIO­N.

21 ___ choy

22 It’s a long story

23 One helped raise Romulus and Remus

24 Agree silently

25 Apple Maps tech

30 Cinematic FX

31 Pantry pest

32 Relatives, for short

33 “___ not easy being

green”

35 Moisturizi­ng butter

type

36 British singer Rita

37 Drag queen’s

hairpiece

38 “Don’t give me any

clues”

39 Boring

41 Keep an eye on

42 Tenor Andrea

43 Suffix for “Gator”

or “Power”

45 Not at all cheap

46 Grassy wetland

48 Letters seen outside a hit Broadway show

49 Minor quarrel

50 Desert plants

51 “Isn’t ___ bit like you and me?” (“Nowhere Man” lyric)

54 Capital of Korea?

55 Fury

56 Groundbrea­king

tool?

57 Enjoy some

samosas

58 Paramore genre

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