DAILY CROSSWORD
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1 Early Greek lyric poet
7 Roll by 13 Strong desire 15 Respectful bow 16 Friendly greeting 18 Eastern religion 19 Novak Djokovic’s org.
20 Place to gas up for free?
22 Beer __ 23 Memorable Gregory Peck role 25 How work may be done near a deadline 26 Drain 27 California’s __ Verdes Peninsula 29 ’70s radical gp. 30 Singer Stefani et al. 31 Reception for champions 34 Scrooge types 35 Fruity treat 36 Jazz guitarist Herb 37 Terre dans la mer 38 Wetland birds 42 Caffeine-rich seed 43 1960 Random House acquisition 45 Wild way to run 46 Web crawler, e.g. 47 Hit the skids 49 Pressure meas. 50 Designer Pucci 52 Traditional Dixie dessert 54 Comment 55 Reptile named for the warning sound it makes
56 Stars
57 Death Star “super” weapons
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1 Award-winning ESPN writer/ reporter Jeremy 2 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s first female inductee 3 Check alternative 4 Many a GI
5 Old Ritz rival 6 Afternoon hr. 7 Lamb product 8 Memorable lion suit wearer 9 2001 biopic 10 Burro’s baskets 11 Former GM cars 12 Doesn’t act well 14 Stage makeup staple 17 Programmer’s problem 21 McCormick offering
24 Gulf of __: Baltic Sea arm 26 Modern poster 28 Trees whose fruit yields a moisturizing butter
30 Catch on 32 Bolted 33 Bryan’s “Malcolm in the Middle” role 34 Use a certain twohanded signal 35 19th-century women’s rights advocate Amelia 36 “La Dolce Vita” actress
39 Flow in small waves
40 More inclined to pry 41 “M*A*S*H” actor David Ogden __ 43 Screwballs 44 Kind of point 47 Prepared (oneself ) for action 48 “Catch ya later” 51 A.L. West team, in crawl lines 53 Some Windows systems