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ACROSS

1 Bay Area force: Abbr.

5 Leaves at the altar

10 News story opening

14 Words with bow or knot

15 Eye-boggling work

16 Foreboding sign

17 *The opportunit­y to be successful again

20 Defunct luxury New York department store

21 Chinese leader who said, “Women hold up half the sky”

22 Ruby, for one

23 Admission of deceit

24 *“I’d do the same thing again”

26 Swedish soprano Jenny

27 Beast with tusks

29 Color tones

30 Natl. population, e.g.

31 Swiss high point

32 Director Craven

33 *“Stupid superstiti­on,” for one

39 Like some jokes

40 + or - particle

41 “You betcha”

43 Jones of the Monkees

45 “Ultimate Driving Machine” vehicles

46 Soccer immortal

47 *“Don’t be so oblivious”

49 Propose, as a theory

50 Musician Yoko

51 Stick in a boat

52 Capital of Georgia (the country)

54 Evening with the kids, or when the ends of the answers to starred clues might be played

57 New Haven collegians

58 Raze

59 Friend’s pronoun

60 Like creamy desserts

61 “__ you sweet!”

62 Nos. on an airport board

DOWN

1 Unmoving Calder work

2 Last round contestant

3 Scrutinize using, as a microscope

4 Became clear to, with “on”

5 Baby marsupial

6 Some beers: Abbr.

7 __ Vegas

8 Quake aftershock

9 Brown ermine

10 “OMG, funny!”

11 Asylum seeker

12 Postpones

13 Foe

18 Headed up

19 Grabs a snack

24 When toddlers snooze

25 Cast out

27 Data transmissi­on unit

28 Cry after un gol

32 Carries the day

34 Bright star

35 Ethylene __: antifreeze

36 “That’s big news!”

37 Optometris­t’s concern

38 Completely enjoyed

42 Small sizes

43 North America’s highest peak

44 Type of energy or reactor

45 Backyard barbecue staple

46 Considerat­e

47 One picking up the staff lunch order, perhaps

48 Clapton classic

49 Wrestler’s goal

52 Feds under Ness

53 Sing (out) loudly

55 Kinda

56 Latin greeting

 ?? By Barbara Lin ©2020 Tribune Content Agency ?? 5/5/20
By Barbara Lin ©2020 Tribune Content Agency 5/5/20

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