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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS 1 Top that turns 9 Fictional brother

with a green hat 14 Like some

snowsuits

15 Lacks the

wherewitha­l to 16 Vacant, as

positions

17 Sets free

18 General who’s the subject of the 2012 biography “All In” 20 Org. whose employees may have to lift 70-lb. bags

21 Country star at

age 13

24 State secrets 25 “Va-va-__!”

26 “You got that

right!”

27 Puck, say 28 Bouquet __ 29 Resting place 30 Raymond James

Stadium pro 31 Some stingers 33 Took off, slangily 35 Nice, for one 36 Holy smoke 38 Lines of thought?:

Abbr.

39 Long on-screen 40 Feature

41 Hits hard 43 Bad thing to catch 44 Mirror image 45 Have trouble with chess? 46 “There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact” author 47 Gain competitor 48 Frequent Robert De Niro co-star 50 Bar supply 52 Portrayer of Nero in “Star Trek” (2009) 56 Skateboard moves 57 Bright lipstick color 58 President who had 15 children 59 Subarus named for a NYC area DOWN 1 Measly amount 2 Jake Tapper’s channel 3 Court official 4 Camp nurse’s item 5 Cunning

6 Gael or Breton 7 Tart

8 Piano trio

9 The elephant is its national animal 10 Game with a colorful deck 11 Marketing limitation 12 Faces a jury 13 Alleged perp’s denial 15 Driver, e.g. 19 Pricing word 21 Furry talisman 22 “Seriously?!” 23 Insurance may cover one 25 Handymen’s transports 27 Lemons 28 Maddux in Cooperstow­n 30 Like paper clips 32 Valuable rocks 34 First name in early exploring 37 Lake in four states and Canada 38 Chinese ruler until 1912

42 Facet

43 Minor flaw 45 Perfect season spoiler

46 1983 Mr. T comedy 48 Raspberry 49 Multilingu­al assistant 51 Compete 53 Parabolic path 54 “Read Across America” org. 55 Showstoppe­rs?

 ??  ?? By C.C. Burnikel ©2018 Tribune Content Agency 12/8/18
By C.C. Burnikel ©2018 Tribune Content Agency 12/8/18

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