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Today’s Crossword

- Puzzle by Gail Grabowski and Bruce Venzke 2/19/18

ACROSS

1 Android downloads 5 Array around a surge

protector

10 Words after deal or

count

14 Bridges of

Hollywood

15 Part of a sports

complex

16 Enveloping glow 17 “NBA Friday” channel 18 Peachy

19 Dental exam image 20 Inquiry meant to

entrap

23 Right-angled shape 24 Per __: daily 25 Freebies with a bowl

of soup

30 Mud __: type of

wasp

34 Sharp-eyed flier 35 Nonfluctua­ting method of doing things 37 Org. supporting

flossing 38 Freelancer’s encl. 39 QB scores 40 Impression­ist once labeled “The Man of a Thousand Voices”

45 Pedometer unit 46 “Already?” 47 First-stringers 49 Honorary legal degs. 51 Ipanema’s city 52 Wealthy, and a hint to the first word of 20-, 35- and 40-Across

59 Pop music’s “hottest spot north of Havana”

60 Shut down 61 Three, in Germany 62 Baking chamber 63 Makes docile 64 Folklore brute 65 Remain up in the air 66 Sport with clay disks 67 Can’t live without DOWN 1 Brother of Cain 2 Cuban currency 3 Respected Smurf 4 Basking locale on a cruise ship 5 Walks like a duck 6 Baghdad’s country 7 Eye care solution brand

8 Pulled the plug on 9 Ties the knot 10 Largest amount 11 Money in Malta 12 Mideast nation in a 2015 nuclear deal 13 Vote against 21 Lodge logo animal 22 Hazmat suit hazard 25 Seals in the juices of 26 Traffic report source 27 Spy plane acronym 28 Sit for a bit

29 ERA and RBI, e.g. 31 Montana city 32 Tribal leader 33 Talks hoarsely 36 Stetson hat material 41 The Netherland­s, informally 42 Lounge around 43 Formally accuses of, with “for” 44 Heart-to-heart 45 Used to change a ceiling light bulb, as a chair 48 Relieved (of) 50 Move on tiptoe, say 52 Wander

53 Take the lid off 54 It usually has a set of rules

55 “That makes sense” 56 Hard-to-resist feeling 57 Actor Richard 58 Moved quickly, old-style 59 Squad car driver

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