CLOSER CA$H CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Suburban showpieces

5 Sandy spots for sun 11 Date for he 14 The Place Beyond the

Pines star Mendes 15 Bright notion 16 Explosive anger 17 Treat a hide 18 Homes for hornets 19 Put things in order 21 Do away with 22 Tobacco resin 24 In addition

25 Hair goops

26 Hot dish stand 29 Tells tales 30 Whizzes by

31 Piece of pork 32 Harbingers of spring 34 Bill in the till

36 Tanker or liner

38 Homo sapiens

39 Lowe or Schneider 40 Bottle topper 42 Darjeeling or oolong 44 Essential

46 Beatles hit “I Saw ___ Standing There” 47 Mature

48 Winter wrap

50 Foe

52 Cover for the cook 54 Singer Garfunkel 55 A long way off 57 Tennis term 58 Lancelot’s title

59 Hair coloring

60 Some

61 Lord’s Prayer pronoun

63 Like some records 66 Chomped on 67 Tongues of fire 70 Informal wear 71 Headliner

73 Fuel for a furnace 74 Financial write-offs 75 Carpenter’s wedge 76 Circle section

77 Sick 78 Tam or sombrero 79 City roads

82 Line in a song 85 Streisand movie The ___ and the Pussycat 86 Youngsters 87 This time only 88 Belonging to us 89 Matador’s cheer 90 Short space of time 91 Bloodhound’s clue

DOWN

1 Horse race measures

2 Postal abbreviation 3 Used to be 4 Whoopi Goldberg movie ___ Act

5 Grizzly or Kodiak 6 Musical aptitude 7 Wading birds 8 Appendages

9 Grade A item

10 Observe

11 Throat infection, for short

12 Calls a cab

13 Finishes

20 Game delayer

23 Nuclear energy source 25 Card winner’s cry

27 The old college cheer 28 Copy

29 Flaxen cloth

30 African equines

33 Place for pie

34 Water tester 35 Merchant’s sign

37 Part of mph

39 The beat

40 Dinner for Bugs

41 Time gone by

43 Married fling

45 Positive reply

48 “Smooth Operator” singer

49 Shed a tear

51 Aluminum or copper 53 Glutton

56 Picnic visitor

62 Whoop it up

64 Jeans brand

65 Best part of the meal 66 Pow!

67 Can’t see it for the trees

68 Shoestring

69 Completes a math problem

71 Grandma’s wrap 72 Official name

73 Queen of clubs and three of hearts

75 Beat it!

77 Ain’t, correctly

79 Hit the slopes

80 Cookie container 81 Boatload

83 ___ v. Wade

84 Ray giver