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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Old storytelle­r

5 __ value

9 Worthless stuff 14 Eager

15 Muslim

community leader 16 Time of one’s life 17 Pops

20 Female bighorn 21 Ensign __ Crusher, Wil Wheaton’s “StarTrek: TNG” role

22 Tasteless gruel 23 Trio from Don

Giovanni? 24 Flow slowly 26 Manage, with

“out”

27 Parachute

attachment

31 Like “it,”

grammatica­lly 33 Pops

36 Note fromthe

office

37 Buddy

38 Mild Dutch cheese 42 Pops

47 Hardened 50 Replace on the

schedule

51 Poetic contractio­n 52 Christmas pudding

fruit

55 Take in the

groceries? 56 Seal-hunting

swimmer 58 Protective charm 60 46-Down work 63 Pops

66 Mound

67 Great start? 68 Ceremonial

grandeur 69 Changed course,

nautically 70 Worshipped image 71 Long shot, in

hoops lingo

DOWN

1 Sheep herder in a 1995Best Picture nominee

2 Swear

3 Cometo the surface 4 EPA-banned insecticid­e 5 Skillful handling 6 8th-century B.C. Hebrew prophet 7 Western burger franchise __ Jr. 8 Bob Hope, often, for the Oscars ceremony

9 Turn red, say 10 Supreme singer? 11 Current source 12 One of four on a par-4 13 Metal-cutting machine 18 Proprietor 19 Nocturnal

scavenger 23 Represent in

cipher 25 Part of rpm 27 “That’s the guy!” 28 First-rate player 29 Sleep cycle 30 Drains of power 32 Early online forum 34 Fellow

35 Spot on a screen 39 Hydroelect­ric

power source 40 Sound system

equipment 41 Came upon 43 Mountain in the Tour de France route

44 Subject of the biopic “I’m Not There”

45 Guided by a

statement of faith 46 “The Poetry of earth is never dead” poet 47 Short and solid 48 Albania’s capital 49 Mortgage

provision

53 Taste sensation 54 Subtle, as a shade 57 Willing partner 59 Toy company with

theme parks 60 Reminder to take

out the trash? 61 British title

62 Best Game, e.g. 64 Passé

65 Get off the fence

 ?? By MaryEllen Uthlaut ©2020 Tribune Content Agency ??
By MaryEllen Uthlaut ©2020 Tribune Content Agency

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