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Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 Spirited French

commune?

7 Like Wicca, say 12 Not many 15 Dawn goddess 16 Coffeehous­e

draw

17 Hagen of the

theater

18 *Scout leader’s

unit

20 UPS rival

21 Take top prize

for

22 Hauled 24 Specialize­d job 27 Try a new color

on

29 Claudius’

successor 30 Another, in

Acapulco 31 Excessive

32 U.K. fliers 33 Father’s Day pin 35 *Ragtime

pianist’s number 39 AOL or MSN 40 A lot of hooey 43 Hoodwink 44 *Analyst’s

infographi­c

46 A bit much 48 Manta __

49 Like some

perfume

52 Blog entry

53 One of the basic

tastes 55 Sans-serif font 56 Tackle box

assortment 57 Warm greeting 59 Tibet neighbor 61 Capture 62 Appropriat­e reward, as often misspelled ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues might be

67 That yacht 68 Pianist

Rubinstein 69 Comparable to

a pin

70 Bud’s place 71 Many a Bob

Marley fan 72 They’re often at the bottoms of columns

DOWN

1 Popular red 2 Group

possessive 3 Garden adspeak

word

4 “Another

problem?!”

5 Golf icon Palmer 6 Genesis farmer 7 Stroked gently 8 Flight info abbr. 9 Michelin rival 10 Love, in Pisa 11 Source of much

1-Down 12 *Arbitrary error

allowance 13 Bygone

anesthetic 14 Guy found in

kids’ books 19 Bring home 23 Chew (on) 24 Payback for

lousy service 25 Formal “Just me” 26 *Boot sole

material

28 Tear dispenser 31 Pac-12 team 32 Default

takeback

34 Sore from a

workout 36 Singer Perry 37 __ cannon 38 Rustic pine

features 41 Loveseat sides 42 Spitting sound 45 Novelist Caleb 47 Swank

50 Oh of “Killing

Eve”

51 “Cat and Bird”

artist

53 Taste, for one 54 Nebraska city 55 High-end

Honda 56 Cowboy rope 58 Slightly open 60 Exam for jrs. 63 Tsk relative 64 “The Crying Game” actor Stephen 65 1960-’61 chess

champ

66 GPS displays

 ?? By John Lampkin ?? 8/6/20
By John Lampkin 8/6/20

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