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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Super silly 6 Gum balls, e.g. 10 Surgery memento 14 “Once more!” 15 MLB family name 16 Voice mail signal 17 Result of overexposu­re in the field? 19 “Yeah, that’ll never happen” 20 Actress Mendes 21 Brewpub orders 22 Fencing blades 23 Blitz by a linebacker 26 Ill-fated Ford 28 Result of carelessne­ss in a locker room? 33 Hot rod 36 Cellist with multiple Grammys 37 Sales pro 38 Picks from a lineup 40 Champagne label word 41 Sighing contentedl­y 45 Salve

49 Result of excessive practice in calligraph­y class? 51 Cloud, as of gnats 52 Title Mozart valet who married Susanna

56 “__ Health”: Quiet Riot album

58 Hops hot spot 61 Laundry hamper 62 Greek Cupid 63 Occupation­al concerns such as 17-, 28- and 49-Across 66 Balmy

67 Free speech org. 68 Sampler wisdom 69 Eyelid irritation 70 “That’s enough” 71 Dancer cohort

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1 Thin cookie 2 Tequila plant 3 Spot for a Mercedes 4 Second-oldest Kardashian sister 5 Formula __ auto racing 6 Winged stinger 7 Ski resort near Snowbird 8 Complete one exercise segment 9 Space heater? 10 Utterly shock 11 Grow slack, as a poorly tied knot 12 Novelist Tyler 13 Classic autos 18 “Correctomu­ndo!” 22 Standard Oil brand 24 Former U.N. leader Hammarskjö­ld 25 NFL periods forced by ties

27 Susan of “L.A. Law” 29 Hawaiian garland 30 Triage MD 31 Portent 32 Diplomat’s need 33 “Do I need to __ you a map?” 34 Fanny 35 Difficult H.S. class covering U.S. or world events 39 Round Table title 42 “I’m the culprit” 43 “Cryptonomi­con” novelist Stephenson 44 Dog’s “I’m warning you!” 46 ’90s trade pact 47 “Yuck, tell someone else!” 48 Fuel efficiency stat 50 Kiss

53 The “A” in James A. Garfield 54 Narrow hilltop 55 Initial stage 56 Kitty cries 57 Middle proof word 59 Fit

60 Avoid like the plague 63 Uppercut target 64 Efron of “Baywatch” (2017) 65 Hubbub

 ??  ?? By Michael Schlossber­g ©2019 Tribune Content Agency 12/11/19
By Michael Schlossber­g ©2019 Tribune Content Agency 12/11/19

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