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Today’s Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Cushions for

gymnasts

5 Guard’s shout 9 Rectangula­r Apple 13 Tons

14 Student’s repetitive

cry with a raised hand 15 Sports page news 16 Gift-wrapping need 18 Country singer Steve 19 Rowdy crowds

20 “Mr. November,” for

Derek Jeter, e.g. 22 Put pen to paper 24 Rep.’s campaign rival 25 Title for a knight 26 Home for a pride 28 Genesis paradise 30 Exile island for Napoleon 31 Dance for which “it takes two”

33 JPEG relative 36 Quotable boxer 37 Hipster 39 Duffer’s dream

40 Air circulator 41 Capital of Yemen 42 Large First Nations tribe

43 “__ does it!” 45 Meddling type of “driver” who’s not actually driving 48 “Never heard of

them”

49 Golf great Ernie 51 “Don’t sweat it!”

52 “Is that really your

opinion?”

54 Not wavering in the

least

55 TV host Lake 56 Garment fittingly represente­d by this puzzle’s circles 61 Signed in pen 62 Leisurely gait 63 Doing nothing 64 Bird’s snack 65 Drinks slowly 66 Dragged to court DOWN

1 Apple computer 2 Every bit

3 Little piggy 4 Staying power 5 Place of rapid growth 6 Light-bulb moments 7 Prune, as a branch 8 Unifying idea 9 Aggressive poker table words 10 Outdoor lot for cars 11 “Inferiorit­y complex” coiner Alfred

12 Doe or stag

15 Half a score 17 Goes bad

21 Last Greek letter 22 “O Pioneers!” author Cather 23 “Blurred Lines” singer 24 Paternity test sites 26 One of many that fall in the fall 27 School near Windsor 29 Tiny speck

32 Final Four org. 34 Mountainee­r’s tool 35 Thirds of a yard 37 Civil War side: abbr. 38 Hall’s pop music partner

42 Narnia creator 44 Tooted one’s horn 46 Salad oil bottles 47 Deborah of “The King and I” 48 Complain with self-pity 50 Ransacks 52 “Divergent” films heroine

53 Baby goat 54 “Enough!” 57 School in the smallest U.S. state 58 End of a school address

59 Malt beverage 60 Color of most pomegranat­e seeds

 ?? Puzzle by C.C. Burnikel ?? 12/11/17
Puzzle by C.C. Burnikel 12/11/17

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