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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Brakes

8 Do a sauce

preparatio­n job 15 Wedding

employee

17 One always looking

up

18 Meander

19 42nd’s second 20 Food buyer’s considerat­ion 21 Polish removers 24 One of 20 in many books

27 Pizza party purchase 28 Stress-free locale, ideally 31 Global warming concern 33 Private dining area 36 “Death at a __” (2010 comedy) 38 Cooling-off period 39 A, often 41 Hemsley’s role on the sitcom “Amen” 42 Hill climber 43 What happy concertgoe­rs want 45 Perfect places 46 Deeply saddens ... or delights 48 Parting sentiment 52 Little, playfully 53 First name in latenight talk

57 Bar associatio­n concern

60 Top dog? 61 First name in latenight talk 62 Shower components

DOWN

1 Host

2 For calorie counters 3 Predictor, sometimes 4 Conduct may have it on either end 5 Bright star 6 Data plan number 7 American workers 8 Counted (on) 9 August hrs. in Augusta 10 Breakfast food mentioned in court in “My Cousin Vinny” 11 Green bean 12 “It’s Your Space” sloganeer 13 Cocktail garnish 14 Art Deco designer 16 Space observatio­n 22 Pie __

23 Left carefully, with “out”

24 Tick off 25 Luxury auto 26 Carpentry joint component 28 Bae or boo, to former generation­s 29 Pound parts 30 Playwright Chekhov 32 Prosciutto di __ 34 Direct

35 Some bills 37 Investigat­e 40 “Amazing Grace” figure 44 Highly regard 46 Fruit served with prosciutto 47 Spin, say 48 Storied bear 49 2018 White House visitor from Qatar 50 Kids’ curriculum 51 Garden veggie 54 Regarding 55 Suddenly turn 56 Messes up 58 “100 Years...100 Movies” org. 59 Battleship success

 ?? By Greg Johnson ©2018 Tribune Content Agency ?? 12/15/18
By Greg Johnson ©2018 Tribune Content Agency 12/15/18

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