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Today’s Crossword

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ACROSS

1 One who’s often over a barrel?

7 Band member with a vihuela

15 Use a combine 16 Tiny orbiter

17 Not shrink from 18 Maintain control 19 See 38-Across 21 “The Owl and the Pussycat” poet 22 Watched 23 Chocolate-flavored spread

25 Gets misty 29 Welcome item? 30 Online shopping offer 31 Testimony opener 33 Glitterati member 37 IV sites

38 She said, “It’s better to be 19-Across than 55-Across” 40 Bedazzleme­nt 41 Rwandan ethnic group

43 One of Pop’s partners 44 “Roast beast”-eating people

45 Adobe file format 47 Shelley dedicated an ode to one of them 49 Musical star who received a 1949 Honorary Award Oscar

53 Big heads?

54 Split hairs?

55 See 38-Across 60 Blathered 62 Current quantity 63 Antlion relative 64 Squanders, perhaps 65 Dramatic break 66 American of Japanese descent

DOWN

1 PC key

2 Its state quarter displays the Wright Flyer

3 “... __ it seems” 4 Gives a sidelong glance 5 Respect 6 Onetime Botswana neighbor 7 “Jeopardy!” first name

8 Sci-fi staple 9 Shining example of mirror-writing? 10 Curling surface 11 Shoe endorser 12 Angler’s wicker basket

13 Every 60 minutes 14 Hindu weather deity 20 Responsibi­lities 24 Diplomatic asset 25 Kilt wearer

26 No __ traffic 27 Right in the atlas? 28 Potential queens 32 Not so potent 34 Memorable big cat portrayer

35 Furry Endor native 36 Catfish Row heroine of opera 38 Modest skirt 39 Pirate’s viewing aid 42 “CSI” evidence 44 Showed willingnes­s to listen (to) 46 Cavort 48 Oompa-__: Wonka worker

49 Big __ 50 Leftovers cover 51 Political essay 52 Ceremony, e.g. 56 Border

57 Guy dolls 58 Mahler’s earth 59 ’50s sitcom name 61 Longtime Howard Hughes asset

 ??  ?? 8/26/17 Puzzle by Mike Buckley
8/26/17 Puzzle by Mike Buckley

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