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Today’s Crossword

- Puzzle by Agnes Davidson and C.C. Burnikel

ACROSS

1 Theater accessory 5 Home of the Pac-12’s

Bruins

9 Ejects, as lava 14 Deflect, with “off” 15 Chunk of bacon

16 Like most income 17 Leg-strengthen­ing

exercise

19 Prefix with violet 20 “Austin Powers”

genre

21 Bath rug

22 Retired Yankee Jeter 23 Suitcase tie-on 25 Supermodel Banks 26 Silent speech syst. 28 Pig Latin rejection 30 Advanced lit. degrees 33 Something to blow off or let off 35 Aviator’s military branch

37 Actress Peeples 38 Spearheade­d

40 Pat softly

41 Party host’s bucketful 42 Altercatio­n broken up by bouncers 45 More likely to be on Santa’s good list 47 Penny-__: trivial 48 In flight

50 Madrid mama bear 51 Swim __: do one full pool circuit

53 Penne or ziti

55 Rapids runners 57 Nervous mannerism 58 Golden Arches pork

sandwich 62 Self-storage rentals 63 Equitable treatment ... and what’s literally found in each set of circles

65 Creepy

66 Like __ of sunshine 67 All square 68 Cleaned with a broom 69 Country’s Lovett 70 Pants rear DOWN

1 USMC one-stripers 2 “As ye sow, so shall ye __”

3 Sole

4 Email attachment format

5 Country with an eagle on its Great Seal: abbr. 6 Story’s high point 7 Layered noodle dish 8 Distract the security guards for, say 9 Book-lined room 10 Sicily’s capital

11 Big eater’s fast-food request, maybe 12 Used to be

13 Mt. Rushmore’s state 18 Free (of) 24 Interval 25 Ruthless rulers 26 From Laos, e.g. 27 Get the wood-burning stove going

29 Help out 31 Capital of Ghana 32 Observe 34 Woodcutter Baba 36 J. Edgar Hoover Building org.

37 Pro hoops gp. 39 Global shipping company 43 Sharpie feature 44 Horticultu­ral art 46 Athletic instructor­s 49 Spa beauty treatment 52 Valuable holding 54 Many corp. logos 55 Regrets

56 Once again 57 Giant in nonstick pans 59 “Don’t miss it” review 60 Swedish furniture maker

61 Like knees when squatting 64 Manhattan whiskey

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