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Today’s Crossword

- Puzzle by Parikshit S. Bhat

ACROSS

1 Green gem

5 Actress Greta

10 Ponzi scheme, for one 14 Boy in “The Kite

Runner”

15 Toward the back 16 When tripled, a 1970

WWII film

17 Spanish “nothing” 18 Free, in France 19 Reddish-brown horse 20 Israeli submachine

gun

21 Admit to wrongdoing

in court

23 Embark from a dock 25 Spaniel’s welcome 26 Indian-born storekeepe­r on “The Simpsons”

27 Bening of “American

Beauty” 31 Location-based smartphone game release of 2016

35 Half a bray

36 Radio knob

37 1998 biopic about model Carangi 38 Travelocit­y ad figure 40 Ctrl-__-Delete: PC reboot combo 41 Similar set of individual­s

43 Reveal

46 Help

47 Negative connection 48 Climbing plant 52 Inland sea between

Iran and Saudi Arabia 57 Dockworker­s’ gp. 58 Soothing plant

extract

59 Pageant headgear 60 Prefix with lateral 61 Arctic seabird

62 No __ sight

63 Bugs Bunny adversary Elmer 64 Smartphone message 65 Gave medicine to 66 Golf ball supports

DOWN

1 Two-faced god

2 Fill with wonder 3 Completed the task 4 Significan­t period 5 Steel-gray metallic element

6 Disney mermaid 7 Country star McEntire 8 The __: Shakespear­e 9 Pizza herb 10 Conflict

11 Like much fall weather

12 “I smell __!”

13 Lots of

21 Daily news source 22 Coffee vessel 24 Japanese alcoholic beverage

27 Ice cream thickener 28 Old-style you 29 Pack (down) firmly 30 Sheep girl 31 Sheepdog from Hungary

32 Being aired 33 S-shaped molding 34 Never, in Dortmund 36 Little bit 38 Bereavemen­t 39 Bump on a branch 41 Like many animated films ... and a hint to 21-, 31-, 41- and 52-Across 42 Floral wreath 44 Remove from office 45 Law, in Lille 48 Madame of physics 49 Arouse, as interest 50 Avoid capture by 51 Surprise attacks 52 Good old days 53 Actress Sommer 54 Gumbo thickener 55 El __: weather phenomenon 56 Wanders restlessly 60 Baby newt

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