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Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 Thespian’s

platform

6 English Derby site 11 Earlier 14 Handsome god 15 “Me too!” 16 Coffee hour

vessel

17 Vessel for Bond 19 Sigma follower 20 Golf tournament

kickoff 21 Clairvoyan­t 22 B-ball

24 Spanish “month” 25 Money in the middle of a poker table

27 Smoke for

Sherlock

28 “... for the remainder of my days” 34 No-holds-__ 37 “Like it __ ... ” 38 2020 Super Bowl

number 39 Lemony Snicket’s

evil count 40 Celestial shower

component

42 Ice cream holder 43 “The Greatest”

boxer

44 Painter of café

scenes

45 John of “Three’s

Company” 47 Places to get

bronzed skin 50 Adolescent 51 Cuteness

reactions 52 State-of-the-__ 55 “Me too!”

56 Give off

59 Debate topic 61 Game with Draw

Two cards 62 Communicat­ion confusion ... or what’s literally found in this puzzle’s three sets of circles 65 Quito’s country, to

the IOC

66 “Time is money,”

e.g.

67 Texting devices 68 Filming site 69 Tibetan priests 70 Engaged in battle

DOWN

1 Fifth tire 2 Pamplona

runners

3 Utah ski resort 4 Quick look

5 Ages and ages 6 Beat by a bit 7 Paperwork

accumulati­on

8 “A __ Is Born” 9 Tense NBA

periods 10 Slam-dancing

area

11 Tesla self-driving

car system 12 Fruity metaphor

for a rumor mill 13 Burden

14 Clock radio

toggle

18 “No one __

blame”

23 Crude in a tanker 26 2018 Best Actor

Gary

28 Dog’s bark 29 What students

take at lectures 30 Legendary Garbo 31 Twelve

24-Acrosses 32 Melancholy 33 Of all time 34 Yacht or ferry 35 Suddenly 36 Postponed, as a

ball game

41 U.K. language 42 Dime’s 10: Abbr. 44 Barely enough 46 Acumen

48 Prefix with liberal 49 Pull-up muscles,

briefly

52 Yoga posture 53 Measuring stick 54 Hardy’s “__ of the D’Urberville­s” 55 Takes to court 56 More than a quiz 57 Prefix between kilo- and giga58 March 15, notably

60 Skiing surface 63 Wash. neighbor 64 Hoppy brew, for short

 ?? By Kevin Salat ?? 10/21/19
By Kevin Salat 10/21/19

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