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Today’s Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Lower in price

5 Try

10 Nutmeg spice 14 Actor La Salle 15 Crams, with “up” 16 Sea of __:

Black Sea arm 17 Innate talent 20 “Wicked Game”

singer Chris

21 Shuttle flight phase 22 Broadcaste­r’s transmissi­on to affiliated stations 25 “My gal” of song 26 Carpentry joints 31 Barbecue accessory 35 “I Put a Spell on You” singer Simone

38 Full range 39 Sharp-smelling air pollutant

42 Writer of tales with talking animals 43 Dental alternativ­es to pastes

44 Angers 45 Fireplace inserts 47 Springfiel­d presidenti­al library nickname 49 Hardly any time at all 56 Legendary Rhine siren

59 Cruller coating 60 With “The,” Tchaikovsk­y work that ends with “Waltz of the Flowers” 63 Physics particle 64 French term of endearment

65 List component 66 Tiny sound

67 County near London 68 Mil. medals DOWN 1 Russian Revolution leader 2 Backspace, perhaps 3 Occupy, as a desk 4 __ Valley, Calif.: 1960 Winter Olympics site 5 Sched. uncertaint­y 6 Big name in ISPs 7 Wolf (down) 8 Conical shelter 9 Regard highly 10 Damon of “We Bought a Zoo” 11 Blue sky color, in Calais 12 Showman Buffalo Bill 13 Morn’s counterpar­t 18 Bygone theaters 19 Spectrum shade 23 Jingled

24 __ light: filming tool 27 Roll along the runway 28 Qatari ruler

29 Far from polite 30 Some Fr. martyrs 31 Unexpected obstacle 32 Harbor sight

33 “__ deal!”

34 Run leisurely 36 Storm direction: abbr. 37 Dwight’s opponent 40 Swiss army knife tool 41 Copyright pg. ID 46 Comfort in grief 48 Flan ingredient­s 50 Computer repair experts 51 Backpackin­g activities 52 Transmissi­on lubricant

53 Milks, in Marseilles 54 Tenochtitl­án native 55 Abounds (with) 56 Minstrel’s instrument 57 Plains native

58 Law gp. that now only uses horses for ceremonial events 60 Go out for a bit? 61 Ode prepositio­n 62 “Toy Story” dinosaur

 ?? Puzzle by Bruce Venzke and Gail Grabowski ?? 7/19/17
Puzzle by Bruce Venzke and Gail Grabowski 7/19/17

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