DAILY CROSSWORD

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1 Throws 7 Some confrontations 13 Good-for-nothin’ 15 Decide 16 Abroad 18 “Ben-Hur” Oscar winner 19 “Webspace” was added to it in Jun. 2017 20 Hot BuzzFeed feature? 22 “When we know, you’ll know”: abbr. 23 Substitute 25 “Tequila mockingbird” and “absinthe of malice,” for two 26 Maverick on TV 27 Big __ 28 Development home 30 “The History of the Standard Oil Company” author 32 Dunked discs 33 Respectful assent 35 Hardened, maybe 38 Creamy sauce 40 Written argument 42 NOW center: abbr. 44 Many a Baghdad dad 45 It helps you focus 46 Part of some salesmen’s deliveries 48 Dietitian’s calc. 49 ’70s Robert Blake cop show 51 Pillow talk murmur 52 Musical ineptitude 54 Reference to a note 56 Going for less 57 Come out of the bullpen 58 Like a date without a heart? 59 Picked up

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1 Private eye 2 They may put their initials on trunks 3 Wearing expensive jewelry, in modern slang 4 1994 Olympics host: abbr. 5 Dress (up) 6 Bygone blade 7 Crystalline rock 8 “In the home of,” literally 9 Dawn goddess 10 “Lies!” 11 1962 hit with the line “the samba’s the quickest way to make amor” 12 Legal bodies 14 Return specialist 17 Fronts of cold fronts 21 Addams who can generate electricity 24 Where doctors may catch a break? 26 Yawning cause 28 “Angie Tribeca” airer 29 Gardening aid 31 29-Down storage device 34 Sound from a purse, possibly 35 Thick table surface 36 Ends 37 Playing on the field 39 Wall Street whizzes, say 41 Played loudly 43 It’s good to be in one 46 Pricey fur 47 Did yardwork 49 Block on a farm 50 Drivers’ elevators 53 Down 55 A, in German class

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