Montreal Gazette

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1 American dance move that, for whatever reason, is illegal in Saudi Arabia 7 Fictional Charlie 11 Milk ___ 14 Disney princess in “Brave” 15 Palmist’s reading 17 Small burger 18 Lady Gaga or Judy Garland 19 ___ Park, Calif. 20 Big chin-wag 21 20 under 30 22 Try to swat 23 Flair, informally 26 Traits that clash 28 Looney Tunes surname 32 Nickname of the singer of 2007’s “Umbrella” 33 Squirt 34 Donna ___, soprano in “Don Giovanni” 35 Rudiments 36 Middle of time? 38 Interstate billboard info 39 Not casual 41 8: Abbr. 42 The Owls of Conference USA 43 President who lived in 47-Down 44 Woman’s name that sounds like two letters 45 Datum for a car aficionado 46 Kufrin of the 2018 season of “The Bacheloret­te” 48 Book after Exod. 50 Like some thinking 53 Excessive enlargemen­t 56 Like Pacific Islanders 58 Film position 60 Caribbean religion with roots in Africa 61 Big tech news website 62 Trainer’s command 63 “Gilmore Girls” girl 64 So hot right now

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1 Symbols in superscrip­t, for short 2 Position of command 3 Home to Bessie, a lake monster in American folklore 4 Said something in response almost immediatel­y 5 Singing superstar born in Tottenham 6 Noble domain 7 Gridiron org. with the Grey Cup 8 Savory Scottish pudding 9 Turn up 10 Let, maybe 11 Things blown on for luck 12 Spanish for “some” 13 Bit of initial progress 16 So-called “black national anthem,” informally … or what 4-, 6-, 22- and 34-Down do, in part? 22 Volcano’s spew 23 Some May celebrants, informally 24 Sign of balance? 25 Like the path of the sun in the sky 27 Halloween “blood,” e.g. 29 Fairy 30 Writer Jong 31 Designated driver’s order 34 German composer Humperdinc­k 37 Non’s opposite 40 More flinty 44 Patisserie offering 47 See 43-Across 49 Person with seniority 50 Insurance estimate 51 Purplish berry 52 Fair sight 54 Super-often 55 Newsman Chuck 57 And more than that 59 Tutee of Luke in “The Last Jedi”

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