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Today’s Crossword

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ACROSS

1 “Death of a Salesman” salesman Willy

6 Abysmal grades

9 “__ Cross”: 1949

Lancaster movie 14 Friend’s opposite 15 Minor point to pick 16 Convened again 17 Unwise act that could

be dangerous

19 Video game pioneer 20 Singing syllable 21 Vicinity

22 Type of cleansing

acid

23 Actress Skye 25 Timeout for a

cigarette

27 Upper crust groups 29 Courage and

fortitude

30 Done in, as a dragon 31 Swoosh company 34 Cold War state: abbr. 35 Dashboard music

provider

39 Oral health org. 42 “Piece of cake!” 43 Real doozies

47 Dips for tortilla chips 50 Agree

51 Pre-talkies movie 55 “Please leave your message at the __” 56 Illegal lending tactic 57 Wrath, in a hymn 58 Round green veggie 59 Helped

60 Hot chili designatio­n, and a literal descriptio­n of the starts of 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across

63 “The Accidental Tourist” actress Davis

64 Z, alphabet-wise 65 Start of a tennis point 66 Opinion piece 67 Part of GPS: abbr. 68 Passover feast

DOWN

1 Southpaws 2 Winning at craps, say

3 First lady after Michelle

4 Wee hrs.

5 PBS “Science Guy”

Bill

6 Huge, in verse 7 “Hawaii __”: TV cop

show

8 T-bone, for one 9 Buster who played

Flash Gordon 10 Sharp comeback 11 Turkish travel

shelters 12 Continuing stories 13 Place for a new-car

price 18 Sunday service 24 Suffix with diet 26 911 situation: abbr. 28 Disney doe

31 CIA cousin

32 “__ not up to me” 33 Vitally important 36 Relax 37 Overhead trains 38 Kick out of office 39 Appease 40 Yellow-disked flowers 41 Refers casually (to) 44 Spotted wildcat 45 Rattle 46 Soft-shell clam 48 Williams of tennis 49 Very soon 50 From the States: abbr. 52 Small winds paired with drums 53 Literary twist 54 Heaps praise on 61 Beast of burden 62 Golfer Trevino

 ??  ?? Puzzle by Janice Luttrell 10/9/17
Puzzle by Janice Luttrell 10/9/17

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