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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Dust __: teensy arachnid 5 Sleep audibly 10 Female pop star 14 “Now!” letters 15 Bounce off a wall 16 Days of anticipati­on 17 iPhone assistant 18 “Long story short ... ” 19 Greek god story, e.g. 20 Reused file film 23 Nintendo console with a similarly named remote 24 Increase, as the stakes 28 “Climb aboard!” 31 Audiophile’s multidisc holder 35 “__ explain!” 36 Strand on a desert island 37 Musician Yoko 38 Actress Aniston, in tabloids 39 When repeated, nothing new 40 Wee bit 41 Actor Mahershala 42 “People say ... ” 43 Snack 44 Flicks with 007 46 Tethered fliers 47 Tour of duty 48 Tasseled hat 49 Adviser concerned with the starts of 20-, 31- and 44-Across 57 Tree part that yields cinnamon 60 Knighted composer Edward 61 Wander 62 Haleakala National Park’s island 63 Two-wheeled transport with a battery 64 Agitate 65 Would like 66 In-the-wall security features 67 Sale price come-on adverb

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1 Sunday service 2 “Ya think?” 3 Poi plant 4 Underdog’s surprising feat 5 “Star Wars” genre 6 Prefix between micro- and pico7 Approximat­ely 8 10-1 victory, e.g. 9 Actress Watson 10 Humiliate 11 Climbing vine 12 Thoroughly evaluate 13 Campfire residue 21 Family 22 Large piano 25 “This fly ball is mine!” 26 Roman political body 27 Wears away 28 Muslim head coverings 29 Leopard-like feline 30 Pressed Italian sandwich 31 Saharan beast 32 Imagine great things 33 Colorado-based brewery 34 Wait to speak to the next available agent, say 36 Half a fish 39 Searches (through) 43 __ World, DC Comics planet of opposites 45 Ancestry.com apparatus 46 “Jeopardy!” great Jennings 48 Taxi fees 50 Goes out with 51 Idris of “Luther” 52 Relieved end-of-week cry 53 Produce 54 Hired hood 55 Malevolent 56 Depend (on) 57 German luxury car 58 Towing org. 59 Gallop

 ?? By Evan Kalish ©2020 Tribune Content Agency ?? 7/20/20
By Evan Kalish ©2020 Tribune Content Agency 7/20/20

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