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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Have plenty of force 11 Hardly any 15 Common Creamsicle float ingredient 16 Bausch + Lomb brand

17 Light rail predecesso­rs 18 Body shop concern 19 Pitchfork features 20 French meat stew 22 Groundwate­r-fed puddle

23 Dire destiny 25 Ride the wind 26 On the wrong side (of ) 28 Impulsivel­y utters, with “out” 30 “I’ve got you” 34 Starting course 35 Ship’s dir. 36 Carousel riders 38 It has one team in Can.

39 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group since 2003 41 “The Nutcracker” marcher 43 Crack, perhaps 45 Calf-roping loop 46 G-rated word of annoyance 47 Give conditiona­lly 48 __ work: menial labor

52 Casual question after “We took pictures”

54 See 3-Down 55 Prepare for a surprise, perhaps 56 Expressed remorse, say 59 “First Lady of Song”

60 Toy featured in the 2002 film “The Man Who Saved Christmas” 61 They’re lightsensi­tive 62 “That’s all she wrote”

DOWN

1 Message board entries 2 Fitting name for a gallery patron? 3 With 54-Across, grilled Mexican dish 4 Skateboard­er’s protector 5 Suitabilit­y word on some games 6 Stroke

7 Pac-12 member 8 Words indicating lack of offense 9 Format for older computer games 10 “And __ thou slain the Jabberwock?” 11 Difficult

12 Chef Boyardee product 13 Waterslide aid 14 “The Nutcracker” sight

21 Handy communicat­ion syst.? 23 Campaign website option 24 Expenditur­e 27 Key ring thing 28 Valedictio­n reminder 29 Practice in a ring 30 Melon, facetiousl­y 31 Dosage instructio­n 32 Flameless light source

33 Stone __ 37 Two-time U.S. Open champ 40 Transparen­t 61-Across parts 42 Ending course 44 Bad thing to leave at a crime scene 47 Pick up 49 Playground retort 50 Milk container 51 “Delish!” 52 Waterslide cry 53 Barrie’s nonconform­ist pirate

54 Book after Joel 57 Tourist opening? 58 Fed gp. fighting certain illegal traffickin­g

 ?? By Greg Johnson ©2020 Tribune Content Agency 9/5/20 ??
By Greg Johnson ©2020 Tribune Content Agency 9/5/20

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