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Today’s Crossword

- Puzzle by Craig Stowe 8/13/18

ACROSS 1 Capital in Canada and Colombia? 4 Struggle with “s”

sounds

8 Puts on, as a show 14 Suffix with form 15 “Otello” solo

16 Red, white and blue 17 *NYSE nickname,

with “The” 19 Reversed, as a deed 20 British __ 21 Depended (on)

23 __ butter: cosmetic moisturize­r

24 *“I Want You to Want Me” band

28 Walter of “The Odd Couple” (1968) 30 Versatile vehicle, for short

31 MADD concern 32 Sudden power

increase 34 Clairvoyan­t 35 *Stingray predator

named for a tool 41 Pilate’s “Behold!” 42 Tea biscuit

43 China’s Chou En-__

44 “It’s cold in here!” 47 First Hudson River automobile tunnel 51 *Clairvoyan­t

54 “In __ of gifts ...” 55 Rug on one’s pate 56 It’s a wrap

57 “Now!” in Westerns 59 Vacation memento ... or where you might find the ends of the answers to starred clues? 62 __-Price: toy company

63 Small jazz combo 64 Cavs, on scoreboard­s

65 Talk show partner 66 Rope material 67 Reading organ DOWN 1 Picasso’s movement 2 Otis of elevators 3 Aerie youngster 4 Vietnam neighbor 5 Nest egg initials 6 Knight’s title 7 Felipe’s father 8 Work on a statue 9 This evening, in ads 10 Guitar-making hardwood

11 “Nice thinking!” 12 Coastal bird 13 Opposite of NNW 18 “I dunno”

22 Agua, across the Pyrenees

24 “The Alienist” novelist Caleb 25 Jackman of “X-Men” 26 One prompting 27 Enterprise captain 29 Tint

33 Wide shoe sizes 34 Brush-on wood finish

35 Big wheel at sea 36 Healthful berry 37 Canada’s national apple 38 Throbbing pain 39 Knocker’s place 40 “Weekend Update” show, in tweets 44 Ogres

45 School assignment 46 Actress Charlotte 48 Acclaimed war pilot 49 Almost 50 Scottish port 52 “Tiny Bubbles” singer 53 Ocean measure 56 Four-way __: certain intersecti­on 57 Rank below cpl. 58 2016 Olympics city 60 Mined metal

61 __ City: computer game

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