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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Midday tide-meover

6 Landlocked

African land 10 Acrimony 14 Common wrist

measuremen­t 15 Tatting fabric 16 Geometry

calculatio­n 17 Execs who only

look the part 19 Pics for docs 20 Stephen Colbert’s

network

21 Jury makeup 22 Beyond heavy 23 Burden 24 Screwdrive­r, e.g. 25 Ostentatio­usly nice

sort

31 MLB game-ending

accomplish­ments 32 Tomatoes used to

make paste 33 Guest beyond a

velvet rope 35 Pac-12 squad 36 Shrink in fear 37 Spreadshee­t input 38 Debussy’s sea 39 Expert

40 More delicate 41 Pompous types 44 High-flying mil.

group

45 __ museum

46 Land divisions 48 Hard stuff 51 Pollution

watchdog org. 54 Designated money 55 Pretentiou­sly

elegant one 57 Help in a bad way 58 Puckish

59 Type of coffee or

whiskey

60 Start from scratch 61 Simple tops 62 Tot’s tea party

guest

DOWN

1 Project detail 2 Without feeling 3 European range 4 Wisconsin winter

hrs.

5 Security system

components 6 Game with rooms 7 Rapunzel’s

“ladder”

8 Play divisions

9 __ Moines 10 Panda’s diet

11 Of no consequenc­e 12 Parts of Hawaiian

greetings

13 Get (into) carefully 18 Attention-getting,

in a way 22 Reactions to

fireworks

23 Little piggies 24 Winter Palace

monarch 25 Starting spots for

some races 26 Reversed on

appeal 27 Treasure __ 28 Blew away

29 Dark clouds,

maybe

30 Internet

destinatio­ns 31 What a capital sigma symbolizes, in math

34 Course standard 36 Informal London

eatery

37 Gossip

39 Degs. for

choreograp­hers 40 Campsite staple 42 Familiar with 43 Unclear

46 Off in the distance 47 Rubik creation 48 Reveal

49 Almost never 50 Protest singer Phil 51 Children’s author

Blyton 52 Returning GI’s

diagnosis

53 Pallid 55 Considerab­le, as a

bonus

56 “Where __ you

now?”

 ?? By Ed Beckert ©2021 Tribune Content Agency ?? 12/8/21
By Ed Beckert ©2021 Tribune Content Agency 12/8/21

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