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1 Gone for the summer, perhaps 7 Elegant pool entrance 15 Jet Ski competitor 16 NFLer from 1982-’94 17 Trick 18 Last of Sophocles’ Theban plays 19 Off-base 20 Post-sunburn phase 21 Midway game 23 Number of hills di Roma 24 “30 for 30” documentar­y series airer 25 Touch with gauze 27 They may be fake 30 Riding in the farleft lane, perhaps 34 NYSE debut 35 “Ciao Italia” chef Esposito 36 Cable co. acquired by AT&T 37 Producer who developed “The Jeffersons” 39 Ocean hazard 40 Unalaska native 41 Blocking action 43 Performs surgery on, in a way 45 Braised chicken dish 49 Runner with big eggs 51 Final syllable 52 Lobster sensors 53 Otis of elevators 54 Men’s department fixtures 55 Forwarded 56 Decorative herbs 57 Training aids

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1 Michaelmas daisy 2 Country singer Gibbs 3 Memorial rocks 4 Much magazine content 5 Goes up 6 Coke holder 7 High-fives, e.g. 8 Ebb 9 Crafts in Cancún 10 Attached by pounding 11 Technology catchall 12 “No need to be scared of me” 13 Retaliatio­n 14 Word of relative time 22 Jam 26 “What a long week!” 27 Turner of music 28 Michael Corleone’s first wife 29 Big storm 31 Reuben setting 32 Finnish distance runner Nurmi 33 For the asking 35 __ instinct 38 Summons (up) 39 Dancer’s program 42 Like one looking down on his neighbor? 44 On account of 45 Musical whose plot involves a two-person tournament 46 Windows 7 precursor 47 Cry from one on a streak 48 Asian breads 50 Like dried mud 52 Novak Djokovic’s org.

 ?? By Samuel A. Donaldson ©2017 Tribune Content Agency ?? 7/8/17
By Samuel A. Donaldson ©2017 Tribune Content Agency 7/8/17

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