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1 Card that loses to a trey 6 Equine control 10 Dazzled 14 Boo-boo 15 Besides that 16 Waterslide cry 17 *Yellow tomato with red swirls 19 Dismiss from work 20 __ coffee: cool drink 21 Anonymous Jane 22 One-on-one teacher 23 Mortarboar­d hanger 25 Flier’s seat choice 27 *“Our group doesn’t agree” 31 Heed, with “by” 35 Couple’s pronoun 36 Currency for 19 states

38 Dull movie, say 39 “Spider-Man” actress Kirsten 40 Staircase part 41 Fish that complains a lot? 42 One less than nona43 Liability offset on a balance sheet 44 *Phillie Phanatic, notably 47 Environmen­tally friendly 48 Highway divider 53 Opposite of old age 55 Long, long time 57 About, on a memo 58 Inuit word for “house” 59 Concludes with no clear winner ... and what each answer to a starred clue does? 62 Bosc or Anjou 63 Snail __: letter carrier’s burden 64 Golfer Sam 65 Arid

66 “Do __ others ... ” 67 Singer __ Rae Jepsen

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1 Ledger entry 2 “Fear of Flying” author Jong 3 Impulses 4 Firewood units 5 Victorian or Elizabetha­n 6 Janet __, attorney general after Barr 7 Hamburg’s river 8 Prefix with metric 9 Never been used 10 Terrible quality 11 Low-visibility snow events 12 Gateway Arch designer Saarinen 13 Bucks in a forest 18 Doing nothing 22 “For shame!” 24 Meadow mom 25 Respirator­y cavity 26 MIT’s “I”: Abbr. 28 Froot Loops mascot __ Sam 29 Fox-and-hounds pursuits 30 Shade provider 31 Alphabet sequence symbolizin­g ease 32 Word with row or sail 33 Imperfect, as sale goods 34 Arrival’s opposite 37 Choose (to) 39 Capitol feature 43 Absorbed, as a cost 45 [Yawn] 46 Upscale hotel 49 Ross or Rigg 50 Prefix meaning “between” 51 Sans-serif font 52 Impoverish­ed 53 Golfer’s putting jitters, with “the” 54 Curved molding 55 Do some prosetight­ening 56 Nobel Peace Prize city

59 Big Aussie bird 60 Indian bread 61 Pres. advisory group

 ?? By Chris Gross ©2021 Tribune Content Agency ?? 10/4/21
By Chris Gross ©2021 Tribune Content Agency 10/4/21

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