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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Brigantine’s pair 6 Necklace globule 10 Touch gently 13 Sneezing sound 14 Grade for exceptiona­l work 16 “Gross!” 17 Student’s all-nighter 19 Links figure 20 Trek on a trail 21 Lots 22 Martini garnish 24 Keats’ “__ on Indolence” 25 Dessert with a caramelize­d top 27 Verbal 29 Former “Inside the NFL” host Dawson 30 Correction­al 32 Issuer of bulls 35 Bridge support 39 Course of study that may include forensics 42 Trail 43 Sports figures 44 __ fit: tantrum 45 Tie-ending qtrs. 47 Boot 48 Like a mid-17th century English government 54 Letter after upsilon 57 “Spider-Man: Homecoming” actress Marisa 58 Je t’__: French “I love you” 59 Cookware material 60 Bygone U.K. record label 61 Car’s impactabso­rbing structural feature 64 Suitable 65 Comic/writer/ activist Izzard 66 Solitary sort 67 Ed.’s acquisitio­ns 68 Italian wine region 69 Latin clarifier

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1 Virile 2 Bitterly pungent 3 Seal the deal 4 Heavy reading? 5 Signal of distress 6 Moisten while roasting 7 __ salts 8 Dress named for a letter 9 Electronic music’s Daft Punk, e.g. 10 Dilation target 11 Tequila source 12 Red billiard ball 15 [Bo-ring!] 18 Rank between marquis and viscount 23 __ fringe: fanatical extremists 25 Colombian city 26 __ cheese 28 Make emphatical­ly, as a point 30 Angel dust, for short 31 Significan­t stretch 32 Sketchbook, e.g. 33 __ Navy: discount retailer 34 Comfy lounging wear 36 Like aggressive investment­s 37 IV units 38 “Listen up!” 40 Body part with a bridge 41 It’s just over a foot 46 __-baked potatoes 47 Film critic Pauline 48 Third-stringers 49 Escapades 50 Passes over 51 Praises highly 52 Maximum 53 Macao Science Center designer 55 Sharpens 56 Like noble gases 59 Polo maker that’s a Polo rival 62 Nutritiona­l abbr. 63 Philanthro­pist Broad

 ?? By Jacob Stulberg ©2017 Tribune Content Agency ?? 8/30/17
By Jacob Stulberg ©2017 Tribune Content Agency 8/30/17

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