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Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 Barely enough 6 Like a pooch’s

smooch

9 “Happy Days”

actress Erin 14 Software writer 15 Texter’s “As I

see it”

16 Defunct defense

gp.

17 Pear variety 18 Opening setting

of “Madagascar” 19 Be carried by the

current

20 Fort Worth sch. 21 RR stop 23 Giuseppe’s god 25 “S” on an

invitation 26 NFL’s Gronk and

others

27 Roller coaster

experience­s 29 Previously, to a

poet

30 1999 Ron

Howard satire 32 Easy-to-spot

jigsaw pieces 33 Ado

34 Turn back to zero 36 Hundred Acre

Wood joey 37 Egyptian

Christians 38 Word from Robin preceding headache, homework, and hamstrings, among others 40 “Beetle Bailey”

dog

42 __ monster 43 Song and dance 45 Ramp, and what’s found in each set of circles

50 Con

51 Floor models 52 Putting game 54 Iconic lemon 56 “Live With Kelly and Ryan” network

57 Big name in

whisky

58 Small songbird 59 Reevaluate­d

favorably 62 Corp. tech boss 63 Action film gun 64 Privately 65 Journalist Curry 66 Brief time 67 Taste

68 Charles of R&B 69 Macaw, for some

DOWN

1 Disperse

2 Admit having lost 3 Fiddles with 4 Fresh start? 5 Estate manager’s

suggestion 6 Potter’s specialty 7 Angsty rock

genre

8 “Ta-ta!”

9 Early PC

platform 10 Above, to a bard 11 Elevate

12 Initially 13 Qualifier for a

minimum price 22 With 48-Down, Time Lord played by various performers 24 They, in Calais 28 “Need __ on?” 31 Jam ingredient? 33 Cinematogr­apher’s

compilatio­n 35 Temporary usage

fee

37 PC key 39 __-back: relaxed 41 Solemn bugle

solo

42 Early Christian 44 Kilimanjar­o

topper

45 Treat, as table

salt 46 At hand

47 Put in prison 48 See 22-Down 49 TV pal of Jerry

and George 50 Womb occupant 53 Weather map

feature 55 Unbridled desire 57 June 6, 1944 60 Water filter

brand

61 That, in Tijuana

 ?? By Jeffrey Wechsler ?? 10/2/19
By Jeffrey Wechsler 10/2/19

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