Crossword: Hard at Work
Manaal Mohammed–The Tech
Manaal Mohammed–The Tech
This is a moderately challenging themeless puzzle. Play the interactive version online here.
Across
01 “How depressing :(”
09 Aloo ____ (cauliflower potato dish)
13 Teppanyaki restaurant chain
14 Correct
16 Quaint
17 Paid, as a church tax
19 Formerly named
20 In a natural state, as meat
21 Dah counter
22 See 50-down
23 Mouth guard?
25 Criticize
26 Paddington’s home country
27 De Armas of “Knives Out”
28 Walked
30 Biblical scout
31 State of focus on personal success
34 Coerced
35 /s, for one
39 Change (for a bill)
40 Stuck in a mess
41 ___ laude
43 Holds one’s mouth in a certain posture, say
44 Professional esports org.
45 “well imho”
48 Common poaching subject
49 Zip
50 Taper shortly
51 Glass in a podcast recording room
52 Don
54 Make dough
56 Wear down
57 Pupil’s behaving
58 Lecherous look
59 Flowers with sea creatures named after them
Down
01 Car crash style
02 1999 “Misfits” hit
03 South American mouintain natives
04 Small bird
05 Hobbit home
06 Former OpenAI CEO
07 Once more
08 Green ____
09 Frequent pick-up line
10 Strunk and White advice
11 Risk
12 Pumped up?
15 College offering
18 Uncertainty
21 Some people might call Steely Dan this (they’re wrong)
24 Diana and Minerva
25 Jumping, in a way
26 Horse spot
29 Floppy toy
30 Tech news site
32 Cable network?
33 Over the barrel
35 Brings under control
36 Online chat website recently shut down
37 Zooey Deschanel sitcom
38 Gloat
42 Rodentlike
44 Gold digger
46 Fantasize
47 Zesty tastes
49 Leaf or root
50 Like one with a large 22-across, typically
53 “The Cask of Amontillado” writer
54 DRI suggestion
55 Skater Midori