Wonderword

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ACROSS

Strong drink, and part 1 of a word ladder Kiss Injured, as a knee Damage Private tutoring session Theater walkways Injured, as an ankle 19 Cancels a dele 20 Tabloid item (part 2) The “S” of CSNY

24 “No more sharing,” briefly 25 Genetic

material 28 Two-door cars (part 3) 30 1975 Tony-winning play about a stableboy 32 Former Boston commuter org.

35 Small, chirpy

bird 36 Brunch order

(part 4)

37 “It can’t be!” 39 Unsuccessful Ford Personal care brand with a bird in its logo 42 Underground tombs (part 5) 41 44 Mining

hauls 46 Circus safety

feature 47 Owl sounds 48 Arts’ partner

(part 6) 50 Piercing tool 51 Japanese

assent 53 Sandal parts 56 Wanders

(part 7) 59 Taxpayer’s option Neckwear that makes a statement 63 Older, as

bread

64 Like the print version of an e-book, say 65 Abrasion 66 Cook in oil 67 Insolence 68 Work assignments ... and, preceded by 1-Across, the key to creating the word ladder (and part 8 of it) 61 1 2 3 6 7 8

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DOWN

Days in Quito Drops

Hot and bothered Like Estonia and Latvia Stays out of sight Trauma ctrs. Pear variety Removes for transplanting Antitoxin Having more lather Took a refresher course in Half of deux __ school Zero, in soccer 22 Angling

needs 23 Went like the

wind 26 Béisbol team

complement 27 Desirable trait 29 Belgian painter James Logician’s “as was proven” 32 Coffee

flavor

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11 31 33 Host, as a

party

34 With no discernable pattern 36 Chin

indentation 38 Back (out) 40 Labeled times 43 Warmweather wear 45 Warm up

before a run 48 Boston and

Chicago 49 “Green Hills of Africa” journey 52 Union that merged with SAG in 2012 54 Rice dish 55 Snoozed 57 See 58-Down 58 With 57Down, loses one’s cool 60 Part of a Spanish “to be” conjugation Adobe doc suffix

62 Atop,

poetically 63 Griddle

sound 61 HOW TO PLAY:

CIRCLE THEIR LETTERS ONLY. DO NOT CIRCLE THE WORD. Actin, Animal, Bead, Bean, Belt, Bulb, Bundle, Cable, Cells, Chain, Cloth, Cord, Cosmic, Current, Electric, Fiber, Galaxy, Grit, Hair, Join, Light, Line, Link, Loop, Muscle, Myosin, Nylon, Piece, Plant, Print, Protein, Rope, Single, Solar, Stalk, Strand, Streak, String, Stripe, Synthetic, Tendril, Textile, Thin, Thread, Tied, Tiny, Transport, Tube, Tucked, Twine, Twist, Woven, Yarn

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