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Today’s Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Vice president after

Hubert

6 Harry Potter’s

lightning bolt, e.g. 10 Cauldron stirrer 13 Intense passion

14 Big strings

15 “We’re on __ way” 16 Vice squad operations 18 Prefix with angle or athlete

19 Make very happy 20 “__ Go”: cellphone

game

22 Mess up

24 PC core

26 Sorvino of “Mimic” 27 Hawaiian garland 28 Fictional feline that

could disappear at will 32 Ultra-masculine 34 Underwater detector 35 Sister of Laertes 38 Major turf battle 42 They may be pumped

or bumped

44 Neutral shade 45 “Talladega Nights”

actor

50 Meadow

51 Sheriff Andy

Taylor’s boy

52 Ewe call

53 ISP option

54 “Oh, puh-leeze!” 58 African country whose name begins another African country

61 Wee one

62 It eases tension in

some serious tales 66 Baton Rouge sch. 67 Occupied, as a

restroom

68 Award for “Moonlight” or “Spotlight”

69 Some Caltech grads 70 “Gee whiz!” 71 Cautious (of)

DOWN

1 Liquid from a trunk 2 Golf instructor 3 Social class prominent in “The Great Gatsby” 4 Churn up 5 White-bellied ocean

predator

6 __ salt

7 Movie excerpt

8 Big name in footwear 9 Put in peril

10 One may pick up an embarrassi­ng remark 11 Goddess of the dawn 12 Be amused by 14 Dessert pancake 17 Draw with acid 21 Come into view 22 Sailor’s patron 23 Use a scythe 25 Navy vessel letters 28 Infant’s ailment 29 Gluttonous sort 30 Once __ while 31 Asked for an opinion on, as an idea 33 Playboy founder 36 Mideast nation: abbr. 37 Had breakfast 39 Whole-grain food, and a descriptio­n of each set of circles 40 Quite a while 41 Bona fide

43 Family vacay participan­t 45 Push rudely

46 Vote against 47 Continuity break 48 Renaissanc­e Faire weapon 49 Dragon’s den 55 Vaper’s smoke, briefly 56 Stereo preceder 57 Fast Aussie birds 59 Earth sci.

60 “What __ can I do?” 63 “Kinda” suffix 64 Piece of corn 65 Cook, as spring rolls

 ?? Puzzle by C.C. Burnikel 10/10/18 ??
Puzzle by C.C. Burnikel 10/10/18

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