DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Jacket whose earliest version was created for pilots 7 Saw the sites? 13 “The Conduct of Life” essayist 15 Players on the road 16 Place to park a whirlybird 18 Even though 19 More than is prudent 21 If-then-__: programmer’s construct 22 Factor in club selection 23 Catches on the range 24 Drilling org. 25 First of a box set 28 DVR button 29 Crooked 30 Privileged group 33 Sign of fall 34 Comedy of errors? 35 “Speak up!” 36 Some smoke detector batteries 37 Spruce (up) 41 “Over here!” 42 Groom carefully
44 Surly sort 45 Is in Spain? 46 Michigan national park 49 Sat on a sill, perhaps 51 Avoided a tag at 52 Minolta partner 53 Boards with a jump 54 Cunning 55 V11 vacuums, e.g.
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1 Take in 2 1978 horror sequel 3 Free-for-alls 4 Many a theatre attendee 5 Gulf Canada alternative 6 Whirlybird part 7 Halts 8 Business card letters 9 “I Spy” actor 10 They usually have higher flash points than kerosene 11 Dispatch 12 Discover 14 Baby shampoo product line
17 Auditors’ follow them 20 Air freshener option 26 PBS cooking show hosted by Mary Ann Esposito 27 Pricey bar 29 Celestial ovine 31 Pinch 32 More than displeasure 33 Singer at Woodstock with his “Family” 34 Big wind 35 Iotas 38 “Just you watch!” 39 Atlanta’s county 40 Trademarked halocarbon products 42 March 14, mathematically 43 Asked too much 47 Jazz singer Anita whose stage name is pig latin for a slang word for “money” 48 Performance anxiety 50 Luther opponent Johann __