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Today’s Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Tell target

6 Look for

10 Letting in some air 14 Dakota natives

15 Lyft alternativ­e 16 Record, in a way 17 *Man Booker Prize winner for “Life of Pi” 19 Put out

20 When the fewest pieces are on the chess board

21 Detoxifica­tion diet 23 Lean-__: sheds 24 [Boring!]

26 “Letters From Iwo __”: Eastwood film 27 *Star of ’70s TV’s “Good Times” 29 “Thwack!”

32 Less ingenuous

35 __ window

36 Through

37 Scuttlebut­t

40 Souvenir shop display 42 Farm sound

43 Farm animal 45 Watering hole 46 Brimless hat

47 *Actor in two “Jurassic Park” films 50 Steamboat fuel 52 Inflates, as expenses 53 Significan­t time 56 Eurasian plains 59 ADHD medication 61 Fuzzy fruit or fuzzy bird

62 Whole new person who can literally be found in the answers to starred clues

64 OPEC member 65 2-point G, e.g. 66 Dreadlocks wearer 67 Island goose

68 Zipped

69 Sp. titles

DOWN

1 Up to now 2 Composer John Cage’s

“Suite for Toy __” 3 Cold cream name 4 Organ with alveoli 5 Richard M. Daley and Ed Koch 6 Scattered

7 Put down a hero 8 Corp. head

9 Party poopers

10 Elite squad 11 *Gomer Pyle portrayer 12 Driving company that sounds more like a flying company

13 “Thy love did read by __, that could not spell”: “Romeo and Juliet”

18 Eastern nurse 22 Frozen Wasser 25 Capture 27 __ chicken: Jamaican dish

28 Floor covering 30 Start to trust?

31 Fool (with)

32 Worn out

33 “The Last Jedi” general 34 *“Atonement” novelist 36 First antibacter­ial soap 38 Confucian text, with “The” 39 November tuber 41 Oater belt attachment­s 44 Economic fig. 47 Plant juice

48 Made

49 “With ya so far” 51 State one’s views 53 Slasher film setting: Abbr. 54 Western prop 55 Actresses Gunn and Kendrick

56 Hide

57 Wear out

58 Armada unit 60 Purim month

63 Full Sail Amber __

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