DAILY CROSSWORD
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1 Cajun staple 5 Rhyme $yndicate Records founder 9 Pooch living in 2062 14 Fast-food option 16 Fine fiddle 17 Asian cooking ingredient 18 Sad 19 Red state verb 20 Boston song whose title lyric precedes “We’re cookin’ tonight” 22 Preceding periods 23 Goose that may nest on volcanic ash 25 Donkey Kong or King Kong 26 Blue side: Abbr. 27 Sound that gets an exam proctor’s attention 31 Jan. honoree 33 Pop singer Brenda 34 “Nevertheless ... ” 37 Dealer’s question 38 Teaching where to go in England? 39 Wine label abbr. 40 Airport near OAK 41 “This comes __ surprise” 42 De Matteo of “The Sopranos” 44 “!!!” 46 Judicial order 50 Bubble Up sister brand 51 Wyndham-owned chain 55 Kerfuffle 56 “Don’t get any __” 58 Spam-revealing aid? 60 Hitchcock menace 61 Erratic 62 Toothed whale’s technique 63 Proto-matter of the universe 64 Wary of
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1 Indulges in to an extreme degree 2 Mardi Gras parade-organizing group 3 Up and at ’em 4 “Selma” director DuVernay 5 Thing 6 End of an allergic reaction 7 Alexander of “Living Single” 8 17th-century craze involving bulbs 9 Puerto Rico hrs. 10 Medieval Times ride 11 Commuter’s convenience 12 What’s just not done, to some diners? 13 Quite a journey 15 Mushroom ends? 21 ’50s-’60s TV family 24 Pentathlon equipment 28 Lid problems 29 Strove to achieve 30 Matador’s art 32 Beer order at a sushi bar 34 “Nebraska” Best Actor nominee 35 Padre’s hermana 36 Thus far 37 Music service pioneer that merged with Slacker in 2017 38 Staked a claim (on) 43 Adjective on taco truck menus 45 Outlook alternative 47 Arrested 48 Latin clarifier 49 Where the heart is 52 Penultimate prefix 53 Dire prophecy 54 National Poetry Mo. 57 Ukr. or Est., once 59 Moody genre