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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Wing it 6 Doing battle 11 Quarterbac­k Brady 14 “Fun With Dick and Jane” (2005) actress 15 Hourglass, e.g. 16 Political commentato­r Navarro 17 Southern dish, so we hear 19 Tap site 20 Justice Dept. branch 21 Fair 22 What “A” is for, in Sue Grafton’s mystery series 24 Hot rod? 25 World’s navigable waters, so we hear 27 __ Friday 30 Savory Chinese snack 31 Manufactur­ing facility 32 Manhattan developer? 33 #1 texting pal 36 Welcome relief, so we hear 41 Sevilla sun 42 Nice way to say no? 43 __ signs 44 “I bet!” 47 Composes, as music for a poem 48 Suggestive dance, so we hear 50 Put on 51 Hindu class 52 Works on walls 53 Nursery complaint 56 __ Dhabi 57 Warning hint, so we hear 61 “Little ol’ me?” 62 “Middlemarc­h” novelist 63 Flowed back 64 Soup cooker 65 Criticize sharply 66 Butch and Sundance chasers

DOWN

1 Goya’s “Duchess of __” 2 Muscle used to raise your hand in school, for short 3 Lollygag 4 “Monsters, __” 5 Spokespers­on’s route? 6 Till now 7 In those days 8 Gum ball 9 Galaxy download 10 Maintain, as roads 11 Bookie’s work 12 Last non-AD yr. 13 Tricks Wicked 18 23 Cut of lamb 24 Belted out 25 Burn slightly 26 They may ring or have rings 27 Calculatin­g pros 28 Plus 29 Outfit with bellbottom trousers 30 Steak named for its shape 34 Bravo automaker 35 Dough used in baklava 37 Letter-shaped fastener 38 One might be made of sheets and pillows 39 Exceed, as a boundary 40 Bris, e.g. 45 Flop’s opposite 46 Gushed 47 Go it alone 48 Rapscallio­n 49 Just not done 50 Quick with comebacks 52 Funk 53 Halloween decor 54 All in favor 55 Literary alter ego 58 Stadium cry 59 Wrestler Flair nicknamed “The Nature Boy” 60 “Entourage” channel

 ?? By Bruce Haight ?? 10/19/17
By Bruce Haight 10/19/17

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