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Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 Drains of energy 5 Pay with a credit

card

11 FDR’s successor 14 Gillette razor 15 Alabama’s crossstate rival 16 Par-three eagle 17 *Nutrition guide 19 Big coffee holder 20 Battery terminals 21 Chant for Real

Madrid

23 Send (to) for

treatment 24 *Comprehens­ive personal philosophy 27 Disney CEO

Robert 28 Cross-shaped

Greek letters 29 Yardstick unit 30 Grass farm roll 31 Truth

32 Small boat 34 *Horse breeder’s

concern 36 Covent Garden

production­s 39 Driver’s oneeightie­s

40 Gave birth to 43 CBS legal drama

“The Good __” 44 Yardstick units 45 Novelist Caleb 46 *Figurative­ly, whence some unexpected ideas 49 Mint family herb 50 Corkscrew pasta 51 Rose

impressive­ly 52 Big name in

ATMs

53 9:00 AM weekday event, typically ... and what the first word in the answers to starred clues can be

56 To this moment 57 Lacking nothing 58 Falco of “Nurse

Jackie”

59 Insured investment­s: Abbr.

60 Ready for more

action

61 Run the show

DOWN

1 African

adventures

2 In a single try 3 Checked for

errors

4 More glum

5 Little isles 6 “Ben-__”: Heston

epic

7 Org. with many

judges 8 Grapevine fodder 9 Barbecue 10 Came to a close 11 Semi activity 12 With 36-Down, nocturnal bird with a shrill cry 13 Down-for-thecount count 18 Part of mph 22 Like ewe, but

not me

24 City between Austin and Dallas

25 Best in an épée

match

26 Tot’s query 28 New Mexico art

colony

31 Home of the

SEC’s Gators 32 Nutrition regimen 33 Officehold­ers 34 One of hockey’s

Hulls 35 Stretched the

truth

36 See 12-Down 37 Poked a hole in 38 Concerted tries 40 Fall outing in a

wagon 41 Country south of

Georgia 42 Made deeper, as

a shipping lane 44 Deceptive fencing

moves

45 Coco of fashion 47 __ optic cable 48 Completely

absurd

49 Low digit

51 Went quickly 52 Home of MoMA 54 Hobbyist’s buy 55 Smelter input

 ?? By Mark McClain ?? 12/24/19
By Mark McClain 12/24/19

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