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Today’s Crossword

- Puzzle by Christophe­r Adams

ACROSS

1 Barfly

4 Covered with new

grass

10 Quick snooze 13 “Fortunate Son”

band, briefly 14 Imagines

16 “Science Friday” host

Flatow

17 Generous nature 19 S&L offerings 20 Fortified Portuguese

wine

21 Lingering traces 23 Eternally

24 Org. Edward

Snowden worked for 27 Cigna rival 28 Exercising control

over one’s own affairs 31 Ultrasound goo

32 One who minds his

manor

33 Bridal bio word 34 Speak (up)

37 Arabian Peninsula

resident

39 Admit, with “up” 40 World Cup chant 41 Persian Gulf republic 42 CBS forensic series 44 1945 Physics Nobelist who discovered the exclusion principle 48 Bottled water brand 49 “__ out!”

50 Minor dents 53 Church official 55 “Just watch me!” 57 Programmin­g pioneer Lovelace 58 Eighteen holes ... and a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters 61 Hubbub 62 Blinking diner sign

63 Asian New Year 64 “District 9” extras 65 Blended 66 Texter’s “No way!” DOWN

1 Loser

2 Indian, for one 3 Baseball deals 4 Go unused 5 Musk, e.g. 6 Neutralize, as a snake

7 Peace Nobelist Hammarskjö­ld 8 WWII zone 9 Take-out order? 10 Ingredient in therapeuti­c gum 11 Battle of the Bulge region 12 Excerpts 15 Microchip found in cameras, briefly 18 Go back on a promise 22 One with nest eggs 25 One-named “A Seat at the Table” singer 26 HarperColl­ins romance imprint 29 Native plants 30 CNN correspond­ent Hill 34 Coca-Cola sports drink

35 “Two thumbs up!” 36 New Orleans NBA team

38 Quite a few 39 Clerk’s chore 41 Deliberate­ly overlook 43 Decongesta­nt brand 45 Blubber

46 Rated (oneself) highly

47 All things considered 51 Clay being of Jewish folklore 52 Introducti­on to geometry? 54 Ramble 56 Essence

59 4 x 4, for short 60 Art Ross Trophy org.

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