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Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 Gives up the

single life 5 Christina of

“Sleepy Hollow” 10 Physique, briefly 13 Holliday pal 14 Headgear for shading one’s face

15 Luau strings 16 Huff and puff 18 Narrow inlet 19 Gland near the

larynx

20 Snow glider 21 Bollywood’s

country 24 “Jeopardy!”

material

26 Seed in some

sauerkraut 29 Brass band sound 32 List-ending abbr. 33 Ellipsis trio 36 Cotton thread 37 Programmin­g

glitch

38 Lawn area where

rainwater collects 40 Jurisprude­nce org. 41 “Mad TV” alum

Lange

43 Installed, as carpet 44 Taiwanese laptop

giant

45 Lou portrayed in “The Pride of the Yankees” 47 Do-it-yourself

diagnostic tool 49 Rolled in the aisles 52 Spur-of-themoment 53 Animator’s output 55 Egyptian or

Ethiopian 58 Letters in an

academic address 59 Divvy up poker hand winnings, and a hint to this puzzle’s circled letters

63 Fix, as a fight 64 Norelco product 65 New Balance rival 66 Slangy word of

indifferen­ce

67 Fall bloomer 68 Cubicle fixture

DOWN

1 Organic flytrap 2 Piece of corn 3 Dr. with Grammys 4 Like some

relations

5 One with regrets 6 __ water: facing

trouble

7 Waiting room

seat

8 Aerobic regimen,

casually

9 “__ be an honor” 10 Bags for

potatoes, say 11 “The Grapes of

Wrath” figure 12 Like a useless

battery

14 Not prone to

mingling 17 Defrost

20 __ Valley: Reagan

Library site 21 Sprain soother 22 The great

outdoors 23 Subject to, as the

proverbial mud 25 Chevy needing

recharging 27 Commotion 28 Cry of distress 30 Even if

31 Robust 34 PreCheck org. 35 Hot rod? 38 “Star Wars” twin

sister 39 Thomas Gray’s

“The Bard,” e.g. 42 Resolve, with

“out”

44 Finally finished 46 Sales reports

diagrams 48 Ousted Iranian

ruler

50 D-sharp

equivalent 51 Take the wheel 53 Political stretch 54 Yellow comics

dog

56 Road in old Rome 57 NFL snapper 59 Org. funded by

FICA 60 Traditiona­l March

14 dessert 61 Thumbs-ups 62 Shatner’s

“__War”

 ?? By Gail Grabowski and Bruce Venzke ?? 3/24/20
By Gail Grabowski and Bruce Venzke 3/24/20

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