CROSSWORD

BY BRENDAN EMMETT QUIGLEY WWW.BRENDANEMMETTQUIGLEY.COM

Across

1. Rap battle battlers 4. Total ass-kicking 8. Minor cut 14. “Shut yer ___” 15. Completely kaput 16. Breaks down 17. He played Nero in the 2009 “Star

Trek” reboot 19. Where META and GOOG trade 20. Sell in shops 21. “Not interested” 23. Very serious 24. Obnoxious kids 25. Cricket equipment 28. Brow furrow, e.g. 30. Upper-class 31. Parrot’s cry 34. Like Dartmouth’s walls 35. Car buyer’s contract 36. Shakespeare character that says “A plague upon the tyrant that I serve!” 38. Desire banners for Bernie Sanders, e.g. 40. Bedroom community 41. Chops up finely 43. Turn red, say 44. “Why the heck not” 45. Numbers after a : 47. Shaping tool 48. Silk Sonic’s genre 49. Brings home 53. Canal boat 54. Meal with folded-in veggies 55. Plant oil in some shampoos 58. Chant after the lyrics “Go on and kiss him goodbye, now” in a 1969 #1 hit 60. Language that gave us mattress and giraffe 61. City due west of Mocha, Yemen 62. Luka Doncic, e.g. 63. Fruit commonly split in some sundaes, and split three times in this puzzle 64. Take care of, hunger-wise 65. “Our soccer team is the best!”

Down

1. Emma of “Wednesday” 2. ^

3. Bad blood 4. He sang with Maurice and Barry 5. Pendent shape 6. Band of brothers? 7. Frontierland 8. House mate? 9. Rather vulgar 10. “Black-ish” actress Tracee Ellis ___ 11. Contribute to 12. Pot pie veggie 13. Legal eagle’s abbr. 18. Actress Delevingne 22. Baby bamboo eater 24. Extremely bright 25. Game setting 26. Purity test? 27. Linking element in a crossword 29. Space walk, to NASA 30. Where to hang a hat 31. Train with a quiet car 32. Removed hair 33. Butterfingers 35. Light challenge for a spy? 37. Their job is taxing: Abbr. 39. Bring home 42. Shifts to the right 45. Shaking instrument 46. Taken in 48. Israeli president before Peres 50. Thrifty rival 51. ___ colony 52. Ward (off) 53. Drink made from tapioca 54. “Let me take care of this” 55. Flu shot, e.g. 56. Latin mouths 57. National Blood Donor Mo. 59. Org. that gives discounts to Legoland (why? you tell me)

LAST PUZZLE’S ANSWERS:

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