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ACROSS

1 Name in Cold War

news

5 Lampoon

11 Ones presenting

acts

14 “Hard __!”:

captain’s order 15 Ended an engagement, in a way

16 Larter of “Resident

Evil” films

17 “Back to the

Future”?

19 Gym unit

20 What a choir may

sing in

21 Bhopal locale 23 Tablelands 24 Tacks on

27 The last Mrs.

Chaplin

29 “March of the

Penguins”? 32 Brazil map word 35 Butler’s last word 36 “Groovy!”

37 Some pitches 40 Evasive tactic 41 “We’re live!”

studio sign

42 Limo destinatio­n 45 Performs a Halloween prank, briefly 46 “Titanic”? 50 Warehouse 51 Sleep and Comfort 52 Spiral-horned

antelope

56 Bear genus

58 “Out of Africa,” for

one

59 Vince’s agent in

“Entourage” 60 “Star Wars”? 64 Prepare to drive,

with “up” 65 “Gracias” reply 66 66 and others:

Abbr.

67 Pair of gallons? 68 Play areas 69 Listening devices

DOWN

1 Stride pianist Art 2 Classic Dior style 3 Weigh station lineup

4 Vacillate

5 Gone out with

6 “__ in”: “Jeopardy

James” bet 7 Pirouette pivot

point

8 Draft choice 9 Stand up to 10 Prime real estate? 11 Racing game with

Yoshi and Bowser 12 “Don’t leave a

mess”

13 Modest intake 18 Actress Salazar of “Maze Runner” movies 22 Allotted

24 Abbr. between

names, perhaps 25 Lower

26 Pride’s place 28 Very long time 30 Mormon letters 31 Gothic fiction

pioneer Radcliffe 32 Barges and such 33 In the buff 34 Private chapels 38 Lookout offerings 39 Blunder

40 Ostrich relative 42 Write 43 Commanded 44 NHL tiebreaker­s 47 Price partner 48 Coral __

49 “Get Shorty”

novelist __ Leonard 53 Blood line

54 Like sunny weather, vis-à-vis rainy

55 Toggery

57 Food stamp? 58 Degs. for

playwright­s 59 Eroded, with

“into”

61 Low digit

62 Pallid

63 “Ghost” psychic __

Mae Brown

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©2022 Tribune Content Agency By Gary Larson 1/14/22

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