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Today’s Crossword

- Puzzle by Robert and Marlea Ellis 3/22/18

ACROSS

1 Fall face first while skiing, say

6 Mighty silly

11 Part of ROM: abbr. 14 Longest-serving prime minister of India 15 Austrian actress Berger

16 Kanye West’s “I __

God”

17 Soda fountain

come-on?

19 Monarch catcher 20 Brooklyn Dodgers

legend Campanella 21 In questionab­le taste 22 All excited

24 Radiant glow

25 Italian cheese 26 Earthquake coverage? 31 Aids in illegal activity 32 Roberts of “That ’70s Show”

33 Comic Martha 34 One-named singer with 15 Grammys 36 Neeson of “Love Actually” 40 Continue gabbing 42 Ship’s seepage

43 List in a quiz program recap?

47 Latin ballroom dances 48 Berlin octet

49 One of a Dumas trio 50 Civil rights leader Chavez

52 __-tip steak 55 Barnyard sound 56 Lower hulls fortified? 59 Directiona­l suffix 60 Missouri tribe 61 Not-giving-up phrase 62 Completed

63 Fishing boot 64 Taboos, and a hint to the four longest puzzle answers

DOWN

1 Career for a sci. major 2 Flight-related prefix 3 Unspecifie­d folks 4 Sportswrit­er Berkow 5 Clucks of disapprova­l 6 __ School: art movement featuring NYC scenes

7 Top out

8 Very dark

9 Abbr. in some Québec addresses 10 Contribute­s 11 Oscar-nominated “Flashdance” song 12 Arise

13 San __, California 18 Asian dress 23 Contender for the crown

24 Steve Rogers, for Captain America 25 Composer of the opera “Alfred”

26 At a distance 27 Chicago-based law org.

28 Illegal fwy. maneuver 29 Court worker

30 Co. that merged with Continenta­l 34 Queen’s subjects 35 “And how!”

37 Sort

38 Sit in a cellar, maybe 39 Club __

41 Base entertainm­ent 42 Persian Gulf monarchy 43 Persian Gulf native 44 Release 45 Egyptian leader for whom a lake is named 46 Union foe 47 Gained control of 50 Dressed 51 Advantage 52 1982 sci-fi film 53 Defaulter’s risk 54 Time to beware 57 Spanish she-bear 58 Frat letter

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