DAILY CROSSWORD
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Need in many outdoor games Basic card game Saltpetre Takeout option Camaro __-Z
They may be crumbled in ice cream
With 59-Across, old English nursery rhyme being investigated by the detectives in this puzzle
Coffee mate? German finale Chaotic situation, in slang Wealthy TV sleuth Matt Hard-boiled sleuth Mike Northern sky sight
__ ballerina
Where Charlie “may ride forever,” in a 1959 hit Gaming biggie Watchdog org.? Exploit Falcon-finding sleuth Sam Medieval Asian leader 42 Consents 44 Twosomes in the
news 46 Guadalajara gold 47 Gulf of Aqaba
city
49 Took the sloop 51 Twinkly-eyed sleuth Jane Wisecracking sleuth Philip 55 Spammer, e.g. 57 City on Utah Lake 58 Cordial relations 59 See 17-Across (and see circles for the solution to the mystery) 64 It’s a fact
65 Pain in the neck,
e.g.
66 Roman fiddler
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54 67 Rickman role in
Harry Potter films 68 Smidge
69 Feint on the ice
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FYI cousin
Sound from a spa Vientiane native “Just watch me” Metaphor for youthful indiscretion Former senator Specter
Caviar
Having a calm temperament Identity-concealing attire, in a Dumas novel Coffee hr. Compact item Perfume compound Epidemicfighting agcy. Mural opening Sashimi selection
Given to overacting
Navel type Eurasian divide Star-Lord portrayer Chris Theme park staple Samoan port
One of many on a phone these days
Rod in Cooperstown Positive pole, perhaps
38 “Hang in there” 40 Left on a sloop 43 “D’oh!” 24 25 28
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36 45 More ticked off 48 Sheltered side 50 __ Joy
51 Honey drinks 52 Capital south of
Beirut
53 Indian yogurt dip 54 Coffee shop order 56 Color TV pioneer 60 It ends rather
spookily: Abbr. 61 Busyness symbol 62 Tick off
63 San Francisco’s
__ Valley