DAILY CROSSWORD
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1 Script deviations 7 Shallot, e.g. 11 “Wicked!” 14 Knitted shoe 15 “The African Queen” screenwriter James
16 Bird on Australian coins 17 Follow-up vaccination 19 Cul-de-__ 20 Birth announcement abbr. 21 Montréal mates 22 Defeat soundly 24 Clip-on accessories, perhaps
26 Bit of equine trickery
29 Fax forerunners 32 Florida produce 33 Turkey neighbor 34 “__ news?” 35 Supreme leader?
36 Tall tale 40 Airline to Oslo 43 Shoot the breeze 44 Watts of “Twin Peaks” (2017) 47 Kind of illusion 50 Drive back, as attackers
52 Part of Ursa Minor 54 Mine, in Montréal 55 Justice Samuel 56 Organic fuel 59 Directional suffix 60 Tank or tee 61 Cheat at checkout ... and a hint to the circled letters 65 Birthday card number 66 Currency for 19 countries 67 Apartment dweller, typically 68 Barrett of Pink Floyd
69 Gas in a sign 70 Like the smell of a brewery
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1 Costello’s cohort 2 Humdingers 3 How some scripts are adapted from novels
4 “__ go time!” 5 Software prototype 6 Appear to be 7 Operatic voices 8 “Gross!” 9 Zodiac sign 10 “You __!”: “Bingo!” 11 Make a comeback 12 Stockpiles 13 New title for Meghan Markle 18 Semis 23 “This Is Us” Emmy nominee __ Cephas Jones 25 Feudal laborer 27 Word processing choice 28 “Have a sample” 30 A dozen ova? 31 Helpful courses for underachievers 34 Inquire 37 “Don’t move!” 38 Campaigned 39 Diminutive Jedi master 40 Mozart works 41 Expression of regret
42 Like Ronald McDonald’s sleeves
45 They may be precious
46 “My memory fails me”
48 Cousin of Gomez Addams 49 Selected
50 Lose sleep (over) 51 Sunday best
53 It may say “World’s Okayest Cook”
57 __ for help 58 Quaker pronoun 62 Shade 63 Conquistador’s treasure 64 Actress Ortiz of “Ugly Betty”