Crossword

ACROSS

1 Annual July 1 celebration marking the 1867 signing of the British North America Act 10 Some Australian carvings 14 Elaborate sci-fi costume component 16 Supermarket

count 17 Old Andorran currency 18 Arrive 19 Dickensian denouncement 22 Guided 23 Get out of Dodge 24 Australian Stock

Horses, perhaps 28 Annex 29 Yusufislam.com

musician 30 Having a short

cut 31 Like home, say 33 Hang (around) 36 They may be excuses 37 Didn’t miss, as a bus 38 “Gr8 joke!” 39 Unisex nickname 40 4/8/74 record breaker 41 Brie who played Trudy on “Mad Men” 45 Home Depot

work apparel 46 Spicy meatless

dish 50 Legacy HartsfieldJackson tenant 51 Thinking indicator

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1 Beardie, for one 2 Former senator Specter 3 Twizzlers pieces 4 Ancient history

adjective 5 Completed 6 This, that or the

other 7 Not soaked yet 8 Winglike parts 9 Centuries-old Asian wool sources 10 Off-topic 11 Out of order 12 Catch from the pier 13 Learners, hopefully 15 Shoulder protection 16 Imaging company once big in film 19 Bugs 20 Ancient French region 21 It flies off store shelves 24 Artist Picasso 25 Netanyahu’s predecessor 26 CBer’s punctuation 27 Friend of Homer 29 “Harold and Maude” co-star Bud 30 Mover of many 31 Misled 32 Do a favor for 33 Sentence ender 34 Head turner 35 It helps you focus 36 Many a Balkan 37 Nautical 40 Plant-ruining

genus 42 Make believable 43 Palindromic fellow 44 Palindromic

bread 45 Rights org. 47 Lunch holder 48 In most mammals, the upper one has a groove called a philtrum 49 Memorable time