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Today’s Crossword

- Puzzle by Franj Virzi 7/12/18

ACROSS 1 PlayStatio­n handheld game

5 Appliance with a vent 10 Gremlins, e.g.

14 Airline to Israel 15 Gaucho’s rope

16 World Cup skiing

champ Lindsey

17 Do-fa link

18 Hawkeye

19 A.D. part

20 *Doctor Octopus or

Doctor Doom 23 Chicago mayor Rahm 24 Obdurate

28 Nonverbal comm.

method

29 *“The Big Country”

Oscar winner

32 Holds up

35 Twofer coupon

acronym

36 “Selma” setting: abbr. 37 *Quick and careless

treatment

41 Freudian topic 42 Umpteen

43 “What __ has seen ...”:

1 Corinthian­s 44 *On-the-scene

reporter’s opening 47 Ball club

48 Colleague of Sonia 49 Money-laundering business in “Breaking Bad” 53 Metaphor for one feeling slighted ... and what’s hidden in the answers to starred clues

57 First name at Woodstock 60 Bandanna kin 61 Gambling mecca 62 Yemen neighbor 63 Words of defeat 64 God with a bow

65 Ma with a bow

66 Not as worn

67 Ukr. and Lith., once DOWN

1 Frost lines? 2 Intestinal part 3 Clearwater neighbor 4 Drive away 5 Blather

6 Work on more, as a squeaky hinge 7 Two-master

8 “Too many to list” abbr. 9 __ close second 10 Forward, in Firenze 11 MLK Day, e.g. 12 “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” channel 13 __-Caps 21 “Empire Falls” novelist Richard

22 Puerto Rico, e.g.: abbr. 25 Almost round 26 Singer Furtado 27 Belgian violin virtuoso Eugnè __ 29 Carried

30 “This could get __” 31 King at Versailles 32 “Camelot” composer 33 Generous donor 34 Gettysburg Address unit

35 Wally’s little bro 38 Southern Conf. school 39 Twist 40 Prepares to steal, probably 45 Affluent Los Angeles district

46 “Well, __-di-dah!” 47 Nag

49 Desist 50 Professes 51 Monterrey title 52 __ Perot 54 Valhalla VIP 55 Firehouse fixture 56 Front at sea 57 Good feeling 58 “I think,” in texts 59 Might

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