CROSSWORD CLUES "2"
Bono's band
(2 squares)
What is U2?
Meaning "near", this other 4-letter word that also starts with N follows "the end is" on apocalyptic signs
What is nigh?
If you don't vote in person on Election Day, you've cast this type of ballot, whether by mail or by early voting
What is an absentee ballot?
An ebony-colored commemorative tablet celebrating your running & hurdling during high school
What is a black track plaque?
The day begins:
4-1-23-14
What is dawn?
Employer-provided wage & tax statement
(2 squares)
What is a W-2?
Latin for "closest", it comes before Centauri in the name of a star close to us
What is proxima?
Many state officers can be removed with this type of election; the folks who wanted it in the U.S. Constitution lost out
What is a recall?
Counterfeit currency for Bugs or Thumper
What is funny bunny money?
A Canaanite god:
2-1-1-12
Who is baal?
Online type of "authentication"
(7 squares)
What is 2-factor?
It sounds ordinal, but it means soon to happen, or in another sense, frank & cooperative
What is forthcoming?
Abbreviated RCV, this type of voting allows the rating of candidates by graded preference to avoid runoff elections
What is ranked-choice voting?
A loud, sad cry after fisticuffs involving the gangster's gal
What is a moll bawl brawl?
The thread of a long story:
25-1-18-14
What is a yarn?
No. 7 on Time's "Top 10 End-of-the-World Prophecies"
(3 squares)
What is Y2K?
2 people who are close in age or who live at the same time are these 14-letter folks
What are contemporaries?
This type of informal vote to test political sentiment may take its name from plant stalks tossed up to gauge wind direction
What is a straw poll?
The horrid odor coming from the Parisian's ditch
What is a French trench stench?
It's ready for war:
1-18-13-25
What is an army?
Enclosed Earth-like research facility in Arizona
(10 squares)
What is biosphere 2?
A plant that grows close to the Earth, or someone who sits in the cheap theater seats
What is a groundling?
Candidates for local posts like school board president are often elected without a ballot by this, from the Latin for "shout"
What is an acclamation?
A clever little song about any metropolis
A shade of blue:
3-25-1-14
What is cyan?