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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Get ready, as for

surgery

5 Dada lover? 9 Breathe like a hot

dog

13 Trevi Fountain

city

14 “Yeah, right!” 15 Stomach woe

16 “In memoriam”

bio

17 Shout

18 Caulking need 19 Dome-shaped frozen areas at the two ends of the Earth

22 Distinctiv­e manner

of writing, say 23 Sit-__: protests 24 Bro’s sibling

27 One in charge of a

depot

32 Throw in

35 Zip, in soccer 36 Slow musical

movement 37 Cognac, crème de cacao and cream cocktail 42 Swahili’s language

group

43 1950s prez

44 On the __: sneakily 45 Over an extended

period

50 Scratch (out), as a

living

51 Smidgen 52 Harbor cities 56 Junior high ... and what each set of circles is?

60 “__ Secretary”: Téa

Leoni title role 63 Ultra-modest

skirt

64 Microsoft browser 65 Banishment 66 Enthusiast­ic

67 Big jump 68 Came’s opposite 69 Basketball Hall of Famer Archibald or Thurmond 70 Share on

Facebook, say

DOWN

1 Yorick’s skull in “Hamlet” and the dagger in “Macbeth,” e.g. 2 Automaton

3 Poet Dickinson 4 Rose features 5 Polite request 6 “Just __ ... ”

7 1,760 yards 8 Merged union: Abbr.

9 In addition to 10 Assume a role 11 Bottom line

12 Give it a go 15 Swedish university city

20 Like a prof. emeritus 21 Columnist

Landers 24 Transmits 25 Major chip maker 26 Kid’s bedtime

request

28 “... have you __

wool?” 29 Andalusian aunt 30 Messin’ around, in

rap slang

31 With 41-Down,

boomer’s kid 32 “Steal This Book”

author Hoffman 33 Had a beer, say 34 “Divine Comedy”

poet

38 Utmost degree 39 Eventually and

aptly, after “in” 40 Heart test: Abbr. 41 See 31-Down 46 Young fellow 47 Extra guy who’s

“out”

48 Scanned bars:

Abbr.

49 Of little value 53 Wyoming’s state

sport

54 Roman wraps 55 Took a nap 56 Brewer’s need 57 Etna output 58 Leave the room 59 One of a cube’s six 60 Kitty’s sound 61 Lumberjack tool 62 Terrible racket

 ?? By Dan Schoenholz ©2021 Tribune Content Agency ?? 12/20/21
By Dan Schoenholz ©2021 Tribune Content Agency 12/20/21

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