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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Like purchases made while playing freemium games

6 Hanging on every

word, say

10 Golf course

transport 14 Storm-tracking

device 15 Cincinnati’s state 16 Taiwan-based

laptop giant 17 “Skyfall” singer 18 __ bene

19 “Space Jam” bunny voiced by Kath Soucie 20 Oldest Bobbsey

daughter

21 Beach community

in L.A.’s South Bay 24 Scottish

Highlander 25 Calendar entries 26 Customer who buys a gadget as soon as it’s available 31 Woodshop

grippers

32 “Aw, darn!” 33 Sweet potato 36 “__ done the same

thing!”

37 “The Cider House Rules” Oscar winner Michael 39 Beauty mark 40 Napkin holder 41 Cast a ballot

42 All fired up 43 Guidance at just

the right moment 46 “Ooh, makes

sense”

49 __ and ends 50 Time to do things out of order, or what appears in 21-, 26-, and 43-Across 53 Enormous 56 Working hard 57 Verbally attacked,

with “into”

58 Like some

breakfast tea 60 “__ a Lady”: Tom

Jones classic 61 Brunch, e.g. 62 Terse denial 63 Quaint “Listen!” 64 Quiche base 65 V-formation flyers

DOWN

1 Persia, today 2 Spanish “nothing” 3 Yemen’s Gulf of __ 4 Buddy

5 Takes care of charges in advance

6 2018 NL Rookie of the Year Acuña Jr. 7 “Howdy, Cap’n!” 8 Bread with a pocket 9 Marioverse racer with pink braids 10 Telemarket­er

11 __ squash

12 Rented again 13 Cafeteria stack 22 Grassy meadow 23 Nights before 24 Delight

26 Wicked

27 Verdi opera set in

Egypt

28 “Tell me if you’re

coming” letters 29 Protruding window 30 Skillet 33 “Pic-a-nic” basketstea­ling bear 34 Smart __: wiseacre 35 Little more than 37 “Bring it on!” 38 Consumed 39 Dallas NBA team,

for short 41 Perspectiv­e 42 Going around in

circles? 43 “Naughty!” 44 Alpine songs 45 Poet laureate

Limón 46 Embarrass 47 Branch of yoga 48 Less welcoming 51 “Walkabout”

director Nicolas 52 “RuPaul’s __ Race” 53 Tasting menu

portion

54 Schools of belief 55 Clarified butter 59 Maki sushi

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 ?? By Natalie Murphy ©2024 Tribune Content Agency ?? 2/28/24
By Natalie Murphy ©2024 Tribune Content Agency 2/28/24

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