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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 One capsule, say 5 Metaphoric­al

sticking points 10 Jacob’s twin 14 App that connects

riders with drivers 15 Hard pattern to

break 16 Prominent giraffe

feature 17 *Sing on key 19 Skedaddle 20 “Please, I’ve heard

enough,” in texts 21 Speaker on a

soapbox 22 Cutlass

automaker 23 Jungle adventure 25 Store with Kenmore appliances 27 Sloppy 30 Corsage flower 33 Players in a play 36 Severely injure 38 Crystal-bearing

rock 39 Illuminate­d 40 *Try, with “at” 42 Civil War soldier 43 Desert building

brick 45 Fashion magazine that’s also a French pronoun 46 In-flight

prediction­s: Abbr. 47 Trickery 49 Discourage 51 24-__ gold 53 Draft choices 57 Whitewater ride 59 One with a

bleeping job 62 Feel sorry about 63 Notable periods 64 Make available, as merchandis­e ... and a hint to the start of the answers to starred clues 66 Law business 67 Entices 68 Continent explored by Marco Polo 69 “__ old thing” 70 Lyric poem 71 Neighbor of Kent.

DOWN

1 Tear conduits 2 Bush successor 3 Sans __: type

style 4 Make a mistake 5 Compelling charm 6 Pro __: in proportion 7 Share a border with 8 Lushes 9 Hi-fi system 10 Implement, as

laws 11 *Underestim­ate 12 Breezed through,

as a test 13 Luau instrument­s 18 Days of old 24 Tsp. or tbsp. 26 Constellat­ion named for a mythologic­al ship 28 Rescue 29 On-ramp sign 31 Original thought 32 Belles at balls 33 Not naked 34 Teacher’s

helper 35 *Cattle enterprise 37 Bachelor party

attendee 40 Estate beneficiar­y 41 Warm up for the

game 44 “I’m baffled” 46 Unit of work 48 Bring down the

running back 50 Make, as a living 52 Prepare to drive,

as a golf ball 54 Wipe clean 55 Altercatio­n 56 Family auto 57 Foul callers, at

times 58 Operatic song 60 Fictional sleuth

Wolfe 61 Went like the

wind 65 It may be tipped

by a gentleman

 ?? ©2016 Tribune Content Agency 4/25/16 ?? By C.W. Stewart
©2016 Tribune Content Agency 4/25/16 By C.W. Stewart

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