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Today’s Crossword

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ACROSS

1 “The __ Book” 7 Eyjafjalla­jökull output 10 “C’mon, be __!” 14 Straighten out

15 It often has twists 17 Treaty of Versailles region 18 Apparent displaceme­nt due to observer movement 19 Website with a Certified Fresh seal

21 “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina” singer 22 Word sung after the

ball drops

23 Ivan the Terrible, e.g. 25 Frat letters

28 Loses focus

31 Gun designer __ Gal 32 Object

34 Hostile environmen­t 36 Neatnik’s nemesis 38 Work on a muffler 39 Invasion, for example 43 Big name in

publishing

46 Hundred Acre Wood

denizen

47 Makeup exam? 49 Bergen’s dumbest

dummy

51 Fox relative

53 One with a unicorn as

a heraldic symbol 55 “The __ of Pooh” 56 Online exchange medium 61 Sarcastic “What a shame”

62 Make sparkle, in a way 63 Particle name that Fermi introduced to the scientific community 64 Alligator kin 65 Bone on a menu 66 IRS ID

67 Cars that misfired badly?

DOWN

1 City across the river from El Paso

2 Far from popular 3 Wolfpack’s home

4 Far from a fan favorite 5 Causes of some head

scratching

6 John Paul’s successor 7 Team-ranking surveys, briefly

8 Sure thing

9 “Hava Nagila” dance 10 Dole out 11 Accumulate­s

12 Cliff Palace dwellers 13 “The Joy of __”: Brandreth’s book for word buffs

16 Body image? 20 Popcorn buy 24 Musical dir. 26 Schoolyard comeback 27 Bacteria-fighting drug 29 Private, for one 30 Pickup game team 33 Spats

35 Henry VI founded it in 1440

37 Some winds

39 Rear ends? 40 Manager’s staff

41 Gig transport 42 Animal in a Beatles ballad

44 Term of endearment 45 Repeating geometric pattern

48 “With or Without __”: U2 song

50 Elders

52 1997 protocol city 54 Bit

57 Favor preceder? 58 It’s not that 59 Consume Food & Wine, say

60 Most massive known dwarf planet 61 Beatle bride

 ?? Puzzle by Debbie Ellerin ?? 6/23/18
Puzzle by Debbie Ellerin 6/23/18

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