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Crossword

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Across

1 MyKindof___ (ChicagoIs)

5 Went 90, say 9 The former Mrs

McCartney 14 What you may

think of 15 Concern for

beachcombe­rs 16 Tinker to ___ to Chance (Cubs double play combo)

17 Curse of the Billy ___, Cubs “jinx” that ended in 2016

18 Western

tribe

19 Things proof

readers look for 20 Hall-of-Famer known as Mr Cub

23 Racer

Yarborough 24 Balls 25 Blog

annoyances 27 Backbone

related

30 The year 254 32 Opposite of baja 33 Its inaugural flight was from Geneva to Tel Aviv

35 Kind of blitz 39 2016 award for

each Cub 42 Shag or bob 43 English lockup 44 Barely beat 45 Judy Jetson’s

kid brother 47 Moves like a

whirlpool 49 Entertain

grandly 52 Trash-toting

transport 53 Sleep like ___ 54 Wrigley Field events since only 1988 60 Finish pitching in

a lopsided game 62 Uncouth one 63 Newswoman

Logan

64 Capital in a Cole

Porter song 65 Certain tax-free investment, for short

66 Home to French

silk makers 67 Bar drink taken

in one gulp 68 What many

writers write on 69 Cubs slugger with 609 home runs

Down

1 Buster Brown’s

canine sidekick 2 Something

whiffed 3 Withdraw

gradually

4 Cub, eg 5 Targets of close

shaves? 6 Some wrap

holders

7 First place 8 What many

writers write on 9 Allow to 10 Unique feature of Wrigley Field 11 Country whose capital is more than 4,500 feet above sea level 12 Like some

humor 13 Burros

21 Stat for

Jon Lester

22 Cubs’ divisional

rivals: Abbr 26 Hoopsters’

hoops 27 Familiar sayings 28 Secret plan 29 Modest reply to

a compliment 30 Hall-of-Fame sportscast­er Harry who regularly led the Wrigley Field crowd in singing TakeMeOutt­o theBallGam­e

31 Oscar : films ::

___ : ads

34 Toy block brand 36 “What ___ tell

you?”

37 Picnic

playwright 38 Matures

40 PC brand 41 Thrilling

46 Kylo ___, Adam

Driver’s role in StarWars

48 Ballpark frank 49 Stadium

walkways 50 Internet finance

firm

51 Decide to play

for pay 52 Glimmered 55 Some early PCs 56 Ascend 57 Chicken salad

ingredient 58 Boy with a bow

and arrow 59 Mideast capital supposedly founded by a son of Noah 61 Favorite

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