DAILY CROSSWORD
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8 Important biblical river 14 Whale-watching excursion, say 15 It’s about 80 miles SW of Buffalo, N.Y. 16 Hot and spicy 17 Only Jet who was a Super Bowl MVP 18 Rundown 19 Impure 21 Photo lab abbr. 22 That, south of the border 24 Food additive 25 Something you can stand to lose 28 Lyric tributes 30 Med. school subject 32 Name on a banana sticker 33 Winery cask 35 Iconic San Francisco sight 38 Splitting with one’s group ... or a hint to the theme found in four puzzle rows 41 Landmark 1973 decision 42 Oxford, to Oxonians 43 Pay to play 44 Mideast seaport 46 Natural floor covering 50 __ green 51 __Kosh B’gosh 53 Louis XIV, par exemple 55 Something you might grab in a hammock 56 High wind 59 “M.O.” rapper 61 “Okay, that makes sense now” 63 Budget carrier headquartered near Kuala Lumpur 65 Scammer 66 Nordic Council member 67 Oregon city where Nike was founded 68 Comes back
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1 Hinge (on) 2 It’s pointy and cold 3 “Livin’ la Vida __” 4 Military day’s march
5 Many a fed. holiday
6 Chop meat 7 Calculation often using pi 8 Spinning
__: weaving innovation 9 Provide an address 10 Frosty coating 11 Stalemate 12 Fitting 13 “You’re dreaming” 18 Speed Wagon make 20 Aid in reuniting a lost suitcase with its owner 23 Coffee brand with an orange cap 26 Word of regret
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29 L.A. Clippers owner Ballmer 31 Blemished, in a way 32 Commonly blue fabric
34 Motor City org. 36 Musical Mars 37 Office PC nexus 38 Fillet’s lack 39 Recording over 40 Panhandle state 41 Cardi B genre 45 Beethoven’s Third 47 Browsing, nowadays 48 Tortilla shell fillers, perhaps 49 Special Stratego piece
51 Broad expanse 52 A co-star might steal one 54 Taken together 57 “Woe __!” 58 Villain’s hideout 60 Morales of “NYPD Blue”
61 Great service? 62 Astros, on sports tickers 64 Shinto, for one: Abbr.