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1 New York deli namesake Willy 5 Nobel __

10 Pack of cards 14 Wind instrument 15 “Superbad” coscreenwr­iter Seth 16 Pulitzer author Jennifer

17 Red bonus square on the Scrabble board

20 Soak in the tub 21 Casino wheel 22 Michelle of “Crazy Rich Asians” 25 Sleep acronym 26 Serious injury for a firefighte­r

34 Go bad 35 Brazilian mountain chain

36 Pop star whose name used to be spelled with a dollar sign 37 Army outfit 39 Particular­s, informally 41 DEA bust 42 “What a shame” 44 Descendant 46 Ending with hero or alp

47 1975 made-for-TV horror anthology starring Karen Black 50 Online guffaw

51 “Seize the day” acronym 52 Dual-purpose 57 Royally named singer with the #1 album “Melodrama” 61 Appetizer-entréedess­ert serving 64 Wine bottle date 65 Divided Asian peninsula 66 Happy hour places 67 Camera part 68 Wintry and white 69 Geometry class calculatio­n

DOWN

1 “Today” co-anchor Hoda 2 Incantatio­n opener 3 “Nothing __!”: “Easy!” 4 Gentle breeze 5 Start to fix?

6 Use oars 7 Hunchbacke­d lab assistant 8 Love, in tennis 9 Last a long time 10 Month in which Kwanzaa starts 11 Four-award acronym 12 Golfer’s transport 13 Leg joint

18 __ United: English soccer team

19 Smooth and glossy 23 Had too much, briefly

24 Joan of Arc’s crime 26 Put faith in 27 “It’s an __ just to be nominated” 28 Formal “Who’s there?” reply 29 Spanish artist El __ 30 Okay, as a treaty 31 Delta rival renamed in 1997 32 Safari beast 33 Consumeris­t Ralph 38 Scorekeepe­rs, at times 40 Explorer Hernando de ___ 43 Lorna of literature 45 Portia de Rossi’s “Ally McBeal” role 48 Austrian pistols 49 Self-moving vacuum 52 Texter’s “Chat soon”

53 Roller coaster cry 54 Algerian seaport 55 Midday 56 French franc successor 58 Fanny

59 Have the nerve 60 Lioness of film 62 VCR go-back button 63 Come out with

 ?? By David Distenfeld ©2020 Tribune Content Agency 9/21/20 ??
By David Distenfeld ©2020 Tribune Content Agency 9/21/20

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