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CROSSWORD II

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ACROSS

1 Adhesive used with wrapping paper

5 Quick haircut 9 Center of

activity 12 Frog sounds 14 Car with a

four-ring logo 15 “Eureka!” 16 Without

vegetation 17 Crowd doing a sudden performanc­e 19 Location

20 Poker stake 22 Like lox, but not

locks

23 One with excellent powers of deduction? 25 Small branch 27 “Dancing Queen” singer, 2018 28 Relative of bedhead 32 Toyed with, as a cat would

35 Get together 37 Liu who played a Ken 38 Russian river 39 Split up 40 “You’re not wrong” 41 Took a tumble 42 High-fat diet 43 Quick inhalation­s 44 Forges a signature, maybe 46 Hot box? 48 Hawaiian goose

49 Not too often 52 Some spring flowers 55 Becomes compost 57 Songwriter Tori 59 Green flecks on a tart pie 61 Porch ___ (package thief) 63 Imitate 64 Dressing ingredient whose last letter stands for “oil”

65 “Do I ever!” 66 Writing implement 67 Reasonable 68 Russian ruler, formerly

DOWN

1 Characteri­stic 2 Blood line? 3 Better than all

the rest

4 Apt rhyme for

“squeak”

5 Only president to be a Supreme Court justice 6 Be in charge 7 Investigat­ive journalist Tarbell 8 Square peg in a round hole 9 Scene stealers 10 “Yipes!” 11 Newborn 12 “The Price Is Right” network 13 Drum kit component 18 What perfection­ists have, or the tops of 3-, 6- and 21-Down? 21 “Cheers” character played by George Wendt 24 Degree after an M.A.

26 Unit of power 29 Put on ___ (act superior)

30 “No need to wake me!” 31 Wants to forget, maybe

32 Magic dragon of kid’s music 33 Neighborho­od 34 Stroll

36 Have a meal 39 Comparable (to) 43 Mousse alternativ­e 45 Grabs 47 Scooter whose name is Italian for “wasp” 50 Poker variety, or a Nebraska city

51 Power structure? 52 Give a round of applause 53 Like a yellow banana 54 Foreboding sign 56 Central Plains people

58 Use a needle and thread 60 Actress Noblezada or Longoria 62 QB’s error

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4/11 ©2024 Andrews McMeel Syndicatio­n

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