Wonderword

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Service calls Emotionally bother Sonic the Hedgehog maker Miller’s salesman Audibly awed Dirt handful Commonly bristly covering “Settle down!” 22 Watch name 23 Black shade 26 Positive

aspects 27 Make the cut? 29 Christmas

celebration 32 Sock part 33 Innate

abilities 34 Ginsburg

colleague 36 With 37-Across, an apt reminder 37 See 36-Across 39 Pile

43 Off the plate 46 Mooch 48 SHO sister channel Last-minute deadline 54 Whaling

weapon 56 Narrow inlets 57 Friend of

Frodo

58 Red flag 59 World Heritage Site org. 51 61 “Things are different now” ... and an apt hint to three other answers 67 Long-billed

wader

68 Like Stout’s

Wolfe 69 Former National Endowment for the Humanities chair Cheney 70 Great balls of fire

Herd butters Radiate 71 72

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1980s TV ET Call from Mrs. O’Leary’s barn Dingo prey Cop making a traffic stop? Nosy sort Mustang’s rate of speed, at times Selfishness Delicacy Sound of disapproval Special __ 11 Ponzi schemes, e.g. Firstborn Like lovestruck eyes Pop-up source Reasons to take painful steps? 20 Verb in the song “Sloop John B” 23 Mutt’s

companion 24 “First Lady of

Song” 25 Colorful duck 27 Polio vaccine

pioneer

28 TV forensic

series 30 Nasty 31 Cheese gowith 35 “Trouble

ahead!” 37 “It’s __ fun” 38 Farm crawler 40 Genesis grandson Water en un lago

42 Salon offering 44 Scintillas 45 Short still?

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14 19 41 46 Squirrel away 47 Range on which 7 denotes neutrality 48 Strictly

speaking 49 “Two and a Half Men” beach setting 50 Pack without an inch to spare

52 First name of a literary “Papa” 53 Family reunion attendees 55 Persist, with

“on” 59 Pigmented

eye area 60 Black shade 62 “Sooey!”

responder 63 Blood classification letters 64 Beast that rhymes with zoo

65 Word with

living or dead 66 When doubled, a Ramone HOW TO PLAY:

CIRCLE THEIR LETTERS ONLY. DO NOT CIRCLE THE WORD. Amba, Aroma, Bake, Beef, Bowl, Cheese, Chicken, Chickpeas, Chili, Cook, Farro, Feta, Flavor, Fold, Fried, Garlic, Grill, Herb, Kebab, Lamb, Lentil, Marinade, Middle East, Mutton, Open, Paprika, Pickles, Pita, Rice, Roast, Roll, Rotisserie, Salt, Sandwich, Serve, Shaved, Shred, Skewer, Slice, Stacked, Tahini, Tender, Thin, Tomato, Trim, Turkey, Tzatziki, Veal, Wrap

Thursday’s Answer: Queen Mary