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1 Hot-button subject in jour

nalism 10 It may be on a dog 14 Sacred Aboriginal land

mark 15 Tendency 16 Like a meeting of the

minds? 18 “__ so ... “19 Jefferson Davis’ org. 20 “Barefoot Contessa” host

Garten 21 Still 23 Best Director between So

derbergh and Polanski 25 Unnatural register 27 Remove 28 Firebrick cooker 29 “Nebraska” star 30 Become twisted 31 “Told you” 32 Bygone 33 Congressional approval 36 Ceremonial cup 38 Settled 40 Points at and yells, perhaps 43 Petrol purchase 44 White wine grape 45 Looked good on 46 Attaches, as a new deck 47 Costumer’s suggestion 48 Edge 49 Land shaped by erosion 50 Fall behind 54 It sticks out in the water 55 Model rocket components 56 Order to stop 57 Common college conse

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1 __ set 2 Demolition candidates 3 Its only counties are Kent,

New Castle and Sussex 4 Steaming state 5 Hopeful’s term 6 Ford or Chevy 7 Ninth in a series 8 Cry over spilled Milch? 9 Waxed sports equipment 10 Conventional 11 NFL games, e.g. 12 Holiday hymn opener 13 Took place 17 Folded Italian fare 22 Pre-revolution bigwig 24 When needed 25 Bit of successful research 26 Ancient pyramid builders 28 Wind-borne grains 30 An inch of snow, e.g. 34 What one might do after a

broken date 35 Credit card bonus 37 Light ring 39 Superior, of all five 40 Walks heavily 41 “Quick, get that out of

sight!” 42 Indian Ocean arm 43 What’s left 45 Stanford-__ test 47 Fleeting puff 51 Storm dir. 52 Pig thief of rhyme 53 Sweetie