Crossword: Spring Fever
Manaal Mohammed–The Tech
Manaal Mohammed–The Tech
This is a lightly challenging themed puzzle. Play the interactive version online here.
Across
01 Caramel-colored carbonated drink
05 Arches National Park state
09 Colorful cube creator
14 Frosts
15 Religious affiliation of the average 16-across
16 Present-day Persian
17 Like an easy job
18 “The Spiderwick Chronicles” author
20 “Howl” poet Ginsberg
22 Roof overhangs
23 “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” actress
26 TikTok opening screen, for short
29 “We ___ The Champions” (sporting event anthem)
30 “The ____ from U.N.C.L.E.”
31 Cookie Monster’s street
33 Peppy
36 SeaWorld star Shamu
37 “Melrose Place” actress
42 Wheel shaft
43 Foursome
44 Show promo
47 Long, long time
48 Chinese-American chicken general
51 Tax form ID
52 Paige Matthews’ actress in “Charmed”
56 Slimy garden gastropod
57 Santa _____
58 Wedding day helper (or a hint to 18-, 23-, 37-, and 52-across)
63 Gently mix
64 Spanish ladies
65 Christmas carol?
66 Off-white shade
67 James Bond, for one
68 Sporty car roof
69 If’s partner
Down
01 Noisy summer bug
02 Eye-related
03 Nielsen of “Airplane!”
04 Bonfire remnants
05 Seat, informally
06 Howe’er
07 Suffered
08 Not haram
09 Boneless steak cut
10 Web links
11 Sheep statement
12 “Monsters, ___”
13 Messaging app
19 Saint Laurent of fashion
21 Female folklore figure
24 Broccoli ____
25 Sluggish
26 Meter reading
27 Village People hit
28 Prickly ____
32 Auctioneer cry
33 5-across natives
34 Pub pint
35 Tribal emblem
37 They can be felt
38 Former flames
39 Mathematician Turing
40 Freeing foam footwear
41 Roo’s mom
45 Writer Hemingway
46 Expression of pride?
48 Livestreaming service for gamers
49 Like Seneca’s “Apocolocyntosis”
50 Hitting blackjack after blackjack
53 One of the five senses
54 “The Waste Land” poet
55 Beginning
56 Ugly Duckling’s adult stage
58 Rx overseer
59 Ants on a ___ (fun snack)
60 2010s boy band __ Direction
61 P for Plato
62 Chop