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Today’s Crossword

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ACROSS

1 eBay sale condition 5 Nasal spray, e.g. 9 Guiding values of a

group

14 Funnyman Jay 15 Actress Falco of “Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders” 16 Bench-clearing fight 17 Indonesian resort island 18 Big commotion 20 Assists with a felony 22 River near the Egyptian pyramids

23 Podcast interrupti­ons 24 Taxable profit

26 Julep ingredient

28 It has only two possible

answers

33 Enjoy a pizza, say 34 Summer shades 35 Hosp. diagnostic

chamber

36 Performs like Drake 39 Have a bug

40 Pedal pushers 41 Lifeboat mover

42 Like cellars, typically 44 “The Blacklist” government agcy.

46 Start of a teaching moment from grandpa 52 Australian isl. state 53 Chose from a menu 54 Refuse to share 55 Imitated

58 Hindu sage

59 Showing embarrassm­ent ... or what the circles in three puzzle answers are literally doing

62 Not much 63 Thorny plant

64 Like eyesores 65 Snippet of poetry 66 Platform for a play 67 Get ready for a selfie 68 __-back: relaxed

DOWN

1 Hudson River capital 2 Naval constructi­on worker 3 Shoreline recesses 4 “C’est la vie”

5 “I’m not impressed” 6 “Beats me” 7 iPad voice-activated app 8 Reveal

9 Fade away

10 One playing hooky 11 Difficulty, with “a” 12 Birds that can rotate their heads about 270 degrees

13 Sneaky

19 Red Sea republic

21 Lee of desserts 25 QB’s flub 27 Magazine unit: abbr. 29 Ear cleaners 30 Carrier whose largest hub is O’Hare: abbr. 31 Mine extraction 32 Petty peeve 36 Informatio­n on a Broadway ticket 37 Satisfied sigh 38 University of South Africa city

39 Org. for docs 40 Computer network security system 42 Bad-mouth

43 “Oh, drat!”

44 Word on a gift tag 45 Future blossoms 47 “Get off my back!” 48 Alpine songs 49 “Lawrence of __” 50 The Twins of the Zodiac 51 Worked on text 54 Injured 56 PC key used for scrolling 57 “Logically, ...” 59 Channel formerly called “Superstati­on”

60 Fury

61 Just For Men product

 ??  ?? Puzzle by C.C. Burnikel 10/24/17
Puzzle by C.C. Burnikel 10/24/17

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