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1 Laughing sounds 6 Charged, bull-style 11 Diagram of streets, highways, etc. 14 Egg-shaped 15 Football venue 16 In the style of 17 Not in need of drying or ironing 19 Unit of sunlight 20 Scottish monster, familiarly 21 Former name of the Congo 23 “Let’s do it!” 25 Gets settled 28 Salary increase 30 Philosophe­r Descartes 31 Put two and two together 32 Turkish hospice 36 Org. with a “Speak Freely” blog 40 “I do not like them with a fox” Seuss poem 43 Walrus cousin 44 Throws gently 45 Lawyer’s gp. 46 Cupcake finisher 48 Productive city for van Gogh 50 “... What a Feeling” movie 56 90-degree pipes 57 French farewell 58 Where most Russians live 60 Cruise on-screen 61 Be sold, as property ... and a hint to each set of circled letters 66 Large primate 67 Divided Asian peninsula 68 Landlocked African country 69 Young fellow 70 Brewery supply 71 Cookies commonly in cookies and cream ice cream

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1 Addendum to the five W’s 2 “A Wrinkle in Time” director DuVernay 3 Is completely stumped 4 Parthenon city 5 Wet septet 6 Wheel spokes, geometrica­lly 7 Aragorn’s love, in Tolkien 8 Formerly, in bridal bios 9 NHL’s Ducks, on ESPN crawls 10 Hero in a loincloth 11 Video game plumber 12 Antitheft device 13 Check recipient 18 Bad check letters 22 Trailing no one 23 Rock outcroppin­gs 24 Niña’s mother 26 Prom gown, e.g. 27 Bristles, to a biologist 29 A, in German class 33 Doled (out) 34 Plato’s marketplac­e 35 Some QB protectors 37 Dare 38 Clotheshor­se’s concern 39 Amherst sch. 41 Beethoven’s “Für __” 42 Org. chronicled in “The Puzzle Palace” 47 Killer doll in “Child’s Play” 49 Fix 50 Lethal 51 Parkinson’s drug 52 Zeroed in 53 Barcelona babies 54 Bandleader Xavier 55 Prior to, poetically 59 “Yikes!” 62 Flat-bladed garden tool 63 Coach Parseghian 64 __ volente: God willing 65 Oldest H.S. students

 ?? By Victor Barocas ©2018 Tribune Content Agency ?? 9/3/18
By Victor Barocas ©2018 Tribune Content Agency 9/3/18

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