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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Rope often coiled

6 __ Lanka

9 Selassie of Ethiopia

14 “One more time!”

15 See 16-Across

16 With

15-Across, cochlea site

17 *Intricate feature of some Victorian gardens

19 Anglican leader

20 Rainbow hue

21 Eye part that may become detached

22 What circled R’s may indicate: Abbr.

24 *Politician for whom a Virginia university is named

26 Point of giving up

28 Quarterbac­k Manning

29 Sinusitis-treating MD

30 Nepal’s continent

31 Swig or sip

33 *Disney miser who swims in his money

39 Clock radio feature

40 Valley

42 Word after black or photo

45 Nike’s __-FIT fabric 46 Guarantees

49 *Game to settle a score

52 Badminton court divider

53 President after Jimmy

54 “Bob’s Burgers” daughter

56 Emcee’s opening

57 Diamond in the rough ... or a literal feature of each answer to a starred clue

60 Give direction to

61 Salinger’s “Franny __ Zooey”

62 Tender beef cuts

63 Frost-covered

64 “Certainly!”

65 Lived

DOWN

1 __-di-dah: pretentiou­s

2 Number on many a birthday card

3 Extremely cruel

4 Communicat­e with a deaf person

5 Antsy

6 Neptune, for one

7 Shaving device

8 Boiling blood

9 Collective intelligen­ce

10 Baker with Grammys 11 Cut into

12 Use for support

13 Knight-__

18 Demeanor

21 Artifact

22 Bankrupt airline

23 Battleship call

25 Microbe

27 Poet Teasdale

31 Obama, e.g.: Abbr.

32 African antelope

34 The Stars and Stripes

35 Rowed

36 Dreadful

37 Manhattan concert hall

38 Bauhaus artist Paul

41 Superlativ­e suffix

42 Like Shrek

43 “ASAP!”

44 Beverage brewed outdoors

46 Not seeing eye to eye

47 Gulf War missile

48 Lancer’s protection

50 Challenger

51 Flared skirt

55 It may come down in winter

57 Stable serving

58 Photo blowup: Abbr.

59 Salt Lake City hrs.

 ??  ?? By Neville Fogarty ©2017 Tribune Content Agency 12/6/17
By Neville Fogarty ©2017 Tribune Content Agency 12/6/17

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