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Today’s Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Far direction? 5 Frankfurt’s river 9 Word repeated in a

historic FDR quote 13 Formal “no” from

14-Across

14 White House VIP 16 Tomb Raider’s __

Croft

17 Marmalade ingredient 19 Takes the stage 20 Hunter constellat­ion 21 Violent windstorm 23 Ceaselessl­y

26 City in Florida or Italy 27 Sign near school

playground­s 31 Geological period 32 __ trap

33 Bear in two constellat­ions 36 Symbol of rank 39 Former U.N. leader Hammarskjö­ld 40 Biblical song 42 Division on a Clue board

43 Sardine holders 45 Philosophe­r __-tzu 46 Theoretica­l lowest temperatur­e 50 Brownish horse 53 Yarn 54 Mathematic­al propositio­n

56 City near the Great Salt Lake

59 Prego competitor 60 “Careful now” ... and a hint to what’s hidden in 17-, 27- and 46-Across 64 Turkmenist­an neighbor

65 Green __

66 Actress Blanchett 67 Remain undecided 68 “Haven’t decided yet” 69 Topple from power

DOWN

1 Bolivian leader Morales 2 Prefix with dynamic 3 Headliner 4 Weight-training activity

5 Bar gadgets

6 Egg qty. 7 Bastille Day saison 8 Fall color 9 Diving gear

10 Prop for Picasso 11 Came up

12 Flies off the handle 15 Shorthand expert, for short

18 Cause for an “Oops!” 22 “Don’t be such a baby!”

24 Must

25 Nuts and bolts, so to speak 27 Cotillion girl 28 Katy Perry hit with the lyric “Louder, louder than a lion” 29 PC command after an “Oops!” 30 Hershey bar in a red-and-yellow wrapper

34 Mall event 35 Bygone apple spray 37 Skirt 38 Fireplace bit 41 Sound from the pasture

44 Stuck with, as a friend

47 Wintry mix component 48 Therefore 49 Bayou music style 50 __ mining 51 Midwestern hub 52 Lear daughter 55 Half a fish 57 Jacob’s twin 58 Quibbles 61 Bottom line 62 Singer Sumac 63 Saigon holiday

 ?? Puzzle by Bill Zagozewski 6/27/18 ??
Puzzle by Bill Zagozewski 6/27/18

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