CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
1 Citizens of the USA 9 Humped beast
14 Hot rock
15 Territory
16 In times past 17 Possess
19 Put your foot down 20 Part of a plant
21 Took it away 23 Barbecue fare 25 Money owed
27 Get ragged 29 Woman’s attire 31 A dozen 33 Animal shelter 35 Devoured
36 Answer on a school test
38 That’s affirmative! 39 Natural resource 40 Vapor
43 Newspaper blurb 45 A little rough
47 Small pieces 49 Tropical tree
52 Windy day toy 53 More foolish
56 Heavy metal
58 Gnaw on 60 Jail room
61 Large property
64 Issue a challenge 66 Napped
68 Beatles hit “Here Comes the ___”
69 Circle section
72 Stand the test of time 74 Roses to red connection 75 Attempt
76 Tidily
78 Slink along
80 Stallion’s mate
81 Song for one
83 Generic dog name 86 Go forward
89 Land measure 91 Overdue
93 Hair coloring
94 Not at home 95 Painful wail 96 Rotation line
97 Pub projectiles 98 They’re usually not included
DOWN
1 In addition 2 Yoga cushion 3 At any time 4 Swift
5 Recordable tapes 6 Buchwald or Carney 7 Must-haves
8 Similar
9 Small wagon
10 Ripen
11 May honoree
12 Beautiful
13 Dr. No star Ursula
18 Use a loom
22 Have a tab
24 Army officers, slangily 26 Wager
28 Brave and bold 30 Witness
31 Egyptian king, for short
32 Sob and cry
33 Place to moor
34 Under, to a poet
37 Stand
41 Up to the task
42 Hayley or Donna
44 Soda shop offering 46 Marsh grass
48 Plow the garden 50 Smallest amount
51 Not a kid anymore 54 Frosts a cake
55 Speak for the group 57 Say it ain’t so
59 Room divider
62 Brew, as tea 63 Manufactured 65 Comedian Romano 67 Audio sensor
70 Goes with willing and able
71 Sculpted
73 Couple
77 Hot drink
78 Classic hot wintertime beverage
79 Tom Hanks animated film
The ___ Express
81 Tennis units
82 Mary had a little one 84 Cabbie’s car
85 Sticky predicament 87 Goes with neither 88 Director’s cry
90 Stoolie
92 Even the score