Wonderword

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ACROSS

Indian noblewoman Pressure meas. Little lies Like port, usually W. alliance since 1948 Southwestern grassy plain “No idea” Make a minister 20 Soft drink

nut

22 Flings

26 “No idea” 28 Cost of preventing deterioration 30 Adhesive 31

Protein-rich bean 32 Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo __ Blueprint detail, for short

38 [No idea] 39 Charity 43 Wearing away

gradually 45 Greek earth

goddess 46 Autocrats of

old Russia 49 100 agorot, in

Israel

51 “No idea” 56 Dancer Castle 57 Strait-laced 37 58 Storywriter known for irony

60 “No idea” 66 Pasta often served alla vodka Louis XIV, par exemple 68 Unnerve 69 Hides the

gray, maybe 70 “Atlas Shrugged” writer Rand Mattress spring 67 71 1 2 4 5

DOWN

“Go team!” Back in the day

Still in the package Fake __ Not up to snuff Mecca native Religion of Mecca Low-tech fire starter Breed 10

Supervisor at a financial institution Busybodies Young hooter One may wind up on a fire truck Bad-mouth Beverage suffix

22 Use bad

words 23 Informal pricing words 24 Largest of the Inner Hebrides 25 Japanese ritual with an iron pot 27 Org. with an Odd News web page 29 Baja bread 33 Scholar’s

deg.

34 __ Lanka 35 Winery cask 36 French toast

maker’s need 40 Victoria, for

one

11 15 17 18 21 41 Appearance 42 BOGO event 44 Cape Town’s

country: Abbr. 46 Pointed end 47 Narrow piece 48 Tolerated 50 Breezy

greeting

52 Big name in

raingear 53 “Use your

inside voice” 54 Comedian featured in Jerry Stiller’s “Married to Laughter” 55 Official

representative 59 Horse rider’s strap Shreveportto-Little Rock dir.

62 Ozonedepleting chemical 63 Language of Southeast Asia 64 Special forces

weapon 65 Unagi, e.g. 61

HOW TO PLAY:

CIRCLE THEIR LETTERS ONLY. DO NOT CIRCLE THE WORD.

Bacon, Break, Carrots, Celery, Cheese, Chunk, Cleave, Crumb, Eggplant, Even, Fragment, Freezing, Fried, Fruits, Helping, Large, Meals, Medium, Morsel, Mouthful, Nibble, Onion, Peel, Peppers, Plateful, Rectangular, Reduce, Salad, Segment, Shape, Share, Sharp, Slice, Sliver, Small, Split Up, Square, Squash, Style, Texture, Tidbit, Tomatoes, Wedge

Wednesday’s Answer: Mechanic