Deccan Chronicle

CROSSWORD

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ACROSS 1 Important considerat­ion for investors 5 Attire that may leave the chest bare 11 Barely lit 14 Demands 16 Concluding musical section 17 One of the premier clubs in the Premier League 19 Native New Zealander 20 A wee hour 21 Southern region where blues developed 28 Swift steeds 29 Words said while running out the door, maybe 30 Comics villain ___ Luthor 31 Applesauce 32 Die 34 “Law & Order: SVU” actor 35 Diamonds are weighed in them 37 Item swiped by Indiana Jones at the start of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” 41 Conversed 43 Gerontolog­ist’s subject 44 Crank (up) 47 Hill that’s steep on one side and gentle on the other 49 Bush — or an anagram of BUSH plus one letter 50 Annual Austin festival 53 Halved 54 Actress Mazar of “Entourage” 55 Arrival and departure locales hinted at by 17-, 21- and 50-Across 63 CBS show with a “New Orleans” spinoff 64 Treasured possession 65 Pitiful 66 Indigenous people of Singapore 67 Mill devices DOWN 1 Volcano feature 2 ___ moment (shortly) 3 Phishing target: Abbr. 4 Does awesomely 5 Goulashes, e.g. 6 Pilgrimage site in central Italy 7 Wheel groove 8 Unfold, poetically 9 Negative linking word 10 Roamer of the Serengeti 11 “Pray continue …” 12 Conceptual­ize 13 1979 breakout role for Mel Gibson 15 Dominant faith of Iran 16 French filmdom 18 Places where lines meet 21 When repeated, Hawaiian menu item 22 Classic Camaro 23 Sashimi go-with 24 Wow 25 Accept, as a lesser charge 26 Component 27 “How sweet ___!” 33 Cause of tree damage and downed telephone wires 35 Sandwich usually served with toothpicks 36 Answer to the riddle “What force or strength cannot get through / I, with gentle touch, can do” 38 Dreadful, as circumstan­ces 39 Cross to bear 40 Like the group you’re in if you’re out, for short 42 Sneeze sound 43 Waste container 44 Dwellers east of the Urals 45 One of the friends on “Friends” 46 Foul-smelling 48 Actress Hepburn 51 County divs. 52 Melodic subjects in music 56 Meas. of engine speed 57 ___-la 58 Up to, informally 59 Author LeShan 60 1977 Steely Dan album 61 Stove setting for simmering 62 ___ admin (IT pro)

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