KrishKross #7 (June 2023)
◆ · By KrishKross · Published 2023-06-13T15:22:59.076Z
Constructor's Note
My seventh puzzle… enjoy! Remember, autocheck and Google are your friends!
Raja
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Across
- 1ADojo liners
- 5AFuel additive brand
- 8APopular motto language
- 13APayment form with someone else’s signature on it
- 14AFits to ____ (just right)
- 15ACoeur d’____, Idaho (summer destination)
- 16ADesirable Chicago condo location, perhaps
- 18A“La _____” (Mexican song and dance)
- 19A*A thrilling Tom Cruise stunt (figure-atively speaking)
- 21A*A hilarious Ali Wong joke (figure-atively speaking)
- 24A4G tech
- 25AVital organ
- 26ASet it low to climb high
- 27AShakespearean father of Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia
- 28AColorado NHL players, briefly
- 29A9.8 m/s^2
- 31AFriendly prefix
- 33AInk trapped in white blood cells
- 35ABig name in packaged tea
- 39AHub with flights to JNU, FAI and KTN
- 40AHumorist Lebowitz who wrote, “Polite conversation is rarely either.”
- 42ASoCal hoops and gridiron inits.
- 43ASome bloodsuckers
- 46AFree speech org.
- 48A“On ____,” like a denim outfit at a 90s party
- 50AGene-protein go-between
- 51A*A challenging Mensa riddle (figure-atively speaking)
- 53A*A dazzling Messi crossover (figure-atively speaking)
- 55AVisionary Louisianans Newton and Long, for two
- 56AResidents of the first country to declare the Internet a human right
- 60AFrench painter whose name is one letter removed from another French painter
- 61AR.R. stops
- 62A____ language: a hint to the starred clues, and a way to speak figure-atively, literally
- 63A“I’m at _____!” (“I can’t figure it out!”)
- 64A“Miserable” follower, or, parsed differently, a misery indicator
- 65AAndean potato competitors
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- 1DOft-sprained tibia-femur connector
- 2DGraphing calculator battery size
- 3DSound of disappointment
- 4DA parenthetical in some email signatures
- 5DTemporary use for a bed or chair with respect to unfolded laundry
- 6DLow stake?
- 7DPlace for a poodle to get a paw-dicure
- 8DAFL-CIO and OB-GYN concern?
- 9D“Take ____” (“Go cool off”)
- 10DPlace to worship 43-Down
- 11DReleased but still buggy, as software
- 12DAs between two pizza places, the one with the shorter delivery time
- 14DEnormous Asian sea that has completely dried up
- 17DAdorn (with)
- 20DNun with a Nobel
- 21DAfrican plant chewed for pleasure
- 22DSt. Petersburg river
- 23DSunrise direction
- 27DTexting acronym rarely used literally
- 30DLike some bread-free diets
- 32DFood hall or water bottle
- 34DNon-profs with office hours
- 36DSome on-tap selections
- 37DKnight’s counterpart
- 38DDell competitor
- 40DGoes by plane
- 41DDrink now and pay for it later?
- 43DHindu Creator
- 44DCommonly discounted membership type
- 45DAccept a negative answer
- 47DEndearingly stroke a baby’s cheek, for example
- 49DGummy company named for its founder and his hometown
- 51DDefeats
- 52DBoxing stats: Abbr.
- 54DSoapmaking substances
- 57DBronx Rep. known by her initials
- 58DContract paying you to zip it
- 59DThe S in CBS: Abbr.