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Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

1 It can affect where you stop on a road trip 9 Three-legged

table 15 Customary 16 How old radios

are heard 17 Fed with a wand 18 Plugged away 19 Botched, with

“up” 20 Tiny stream 22 Milk source 23 Detail on a map 24 Judicious 25 “I Lost It at the

Movies” author 26 Took part in a

cover-up 27 Poor working

conditions 29 __-Tiki 30 One with all the

answers? 31 Company car

advantage 32 Identity verification system 34 Hodges of the

Dodgers 37 Certain racing

vehicle 38 Baskin-Robbins

order 39 Breezed

through 40 It’s under a foot 41 Eighth of 24 42 Many ATM

deposits 43 Part of a hip-hop

trio name 44 Makes a good

living 45 Keys on a piano 47 Give new life to 49 Abs

strengtheners 50 It’s rarely taken

home 51 Inspector in Elizabeth George mysteries 52 Two-time British Open champ

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1 Ad campaign almost dismissed by its creators for grammatical inaccuracy 2 Hall of fame 3 Nine-time presidential candidate 4 Introduced in

stages, with “in” 5 He had a way

with words 6 Named 7 Bamboozle 8 Like a trenta at

Starbucks 9 The Beatles’

“Help!” is one 10 Organic

compound 11 “What __ bid

for ... ” 12 Weapon similar

to a halberd 13 Salary period 14 Off-peak calls? 21 Quicker than

quick 24 Fruit also called a

sugar apple

25 __ beef 27 Doesn’t toss and

turn 28 Santa Anita

action 30 Michigan city or

college 31 Decide not to call 32 “Firing Line” host 33 Parting words 34Hasacow 35 All told

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36 Olduvai Gorge

paleontologists 37 “Applause” Tony

winner 38 Jack in a box

lunch 41 Tanks cover

them 43 Frosty feature 44 Raid shelfmate 46 __-de-sac 48 Muck it up

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