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Today’s Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Stand watch

for, say

5 Oompah instrument 9 Think-on-your-feet tests

14 Greiner of

“Shark Tank” 15 Sister of Osiris 16 Fabled wish granter 17 Time-consuming 18 With “of” and 71-Across, Steinbeck classic 19 Swim cap material 20 Soon

23 Hulu service

24 __ about: roughly 25 Eyelid bump 29 Onetime Leno announcer Hall 31 Prefix with mount or charge 33 Head-butting beast 34 Scoop in a cone 39 Katmandu native 41 Soon

43 Make an error 44 Pedals on antique sewing machines 45 Right-angled piece 46 Gp. with Vikings 48 Bearded beast 49 Fraction of a min. 51 Hindu princess 53 Andean pack animal

58 Soon

61 Pentagon, for one 64 Med. readouts 65 Molecule part 66 Usual bus. address for sending in payments 67 Cheer (for) 68 Vaccine fluids 69 Hollywood go-between 70 Actress Gunn of “Breaking Bad” 71 See 18-Across

DOWN

1 Dead tired 2 Trailblaze­r Daniel 3 Surrealist Max 4 Tied snugly 5 Wedding cake layer 6 Gannett’s flagship newspaper 7 Badlands bovine 8 Texas team that won the 2017 World Series 9 Look like a wolf? 10 Brings up, as kids 11 Industriou­s insect 12 Tell it like it isn’t 13 “__ sells”: ad biz mantra 21 Exceed, as a budget 22 Like an intoxicate­d spree

26 Fish with a net 27 New Haven Ivy Leaguer 28 Radiates

30 Cook, as onion rings 32 Le Car maker 34 “Peer Gynt” playwright 35 Honeycomb units 36 Paperless tax return option

37 “Blue Bloods” extra 38 Bon __: witticism 40 Pea container 42 Encouragin­g 47 Picture taker 50 Roasting bird 52 47-Down brand 54 Tenant’s contract 55 Tossed in a chip 56 Bond portrayer Roger 57 “Seriously, bro!” 59 “I’m __!”:

“My turn!” 60 Davis Cup org. 61 Place for a mud bath 62 Biker’s wheels 63 Springfiel­d presidenti­al library nickname

 ?? Puzzle by Gail Grabowski and Bruce Venzke 10/8/18 ??
Puzzle by Gail Grabowski and Bruce Venzke 10/8/18

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