UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE CROSSWORD PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED

ACROSS

1 String-quartet member Uniform Curved lines Skater — Stojko Akron’s state Not bogus Transmission parts Become tiresome Dept. store inventory Numb, as a foot Double-crossed Educational org. Window coverings Like many casts (hyph.)

Son — — gun Locks up Bought and sold Daily work Amos’ radio partner Forest grazer Bishop of Rome Hwys. Before anything else

Hang around Survey choice Hedging Hive VIPs Umbrella part 6 10 14 15 16 17

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59 60 62

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68 Go away (2 wds.) Ice skating figures Lubricates Longer Sparkling adornment Bad mood QED part Choir members Aardvark’s diet McEntire of C&W music Preference

DOWN

1 First-magnitude star

Dots in “la mer” Watermelon shape

Trevi Fountain coins Concurs DDE’s org. Melville captain Upsets Means of escape Naval force Tint again Cartons Yukon hauler Potpie veggie Huck’s ride Burning desire Almost shut 2 3

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Country Caps Furtive Aurora, to Socrates Purplish flower Rock’s Bon — Unclose Liner sinker Incorrect designation Husk

Have a hunch 44 45 47 48 49 50 52 53 55 56 57 58 61 Environment Brewers’ buys Strive to win Actor Anthony — Totally dark Night noise Sub — (secretly) Snatch Large lizard Head covers Run slowly Courtesy env. Letter after zeta

Then you’ll be listened to.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Imagine a world in which you spend your days very differently than you’re spending them now.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Maybe it takes a degree of education to bandy about high-flown statements, but everyone knows that education is not intelligence.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Instead of thinking of your failed projects as mistakes, think of them as school projects in the classroom of life.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). You’re feeling sort of quiet, observant and reflective today.Today’s Birthday