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Today’s Crossword

- Puzzle by C.C. Burnikel 7/25/18

ACROSS

1 Like Joe Cocker’s voice 6 Light-rail stop: abbr. 9 Assists in arson, say 14 Waldorf salad

ingredient

15 Waldorf salad

ingredient 16 Inhumane

17 Terrain feature of

permafrost regions 19 Harry who led Wrigley crowds in “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” 20 Mint containers 21 Patriots’ gp. 22 “Trading Spaces” topic 23 Units measured in BTUs 24 Staples competitor 27 Skilled in

29 It usually has four strings

30 Madrid mama bear 31 Jogging pace 32 Really ticked off 34 Builder’s guideline 35 Took the risk 38 Some turkeys 41 Saturated __ 42 Apply crudely 45 DuVernay who created TV’s “Queen Sugar” 46 “Time for my walk!” 47 Pinch, as a pooch 49 “Star Wars” ruling

body

53 Lynx coat

54 Flat fees

55 Barrel wood

56 Asian desert 57 Colleague of Gorsuch 58 Casino plays ... and events that occur as you work your way down through the four sets of circles 60 Less furnished

61 It’s tapped into a tray 62 Long range 63 Practices in a ring 64 Spelling event

65 Out of order? DOWN 1 Disheveled 2 Yellow-orange fruit 3 One paying for a plug 4 Positive sign 5 Ginza tender 6 Sound of sadness 7 Stanley of “The Lovely Bones” 8 Cleaned one’s plate 9 Knuckle under 10 Support for an injured knee

11 Ace of Base genre 12 Prickly hybrid 13 Cunning

18 Inane

22 Faked in the rink 24 Inaugurati­on Day pledge

25 Makes well 26 Middle of a winning trio

28 Dropbox files,

casually

32 Complete fiasco 33 Leaf-peeping mo. 34 John Deere logo animal

36 High hairstyles 37 Fan club focus 38 __ Mahal

39 Venn diagram feature 40 European archipelag­o known for its wine 43 Gradually becomes clear

44 Showy trinkets 46 Stage crew

47 Bank management aid? 48 Overly proper 50 Prefix with act and cede 51 Invisible urban pollution 52 Hidden trove

56 Out of sight

57 Core muscles

58 Blot gently

59 Big name in trucks

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