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ACROSS

1 Is required to 5 North & Caspian 9 Not barefoot 13 Green Muppet 15 Metal fastener 16 Ridiculous­ly small 17 Shoot from hiding 18 Haughtines­s 20 Initials for Edison 21 Police officer 23 Went separate

ways

24 Parts of speech 26 Boston cream __ 27 Fully grown 29 Sprays water on 32 Haywire 33 Releases 35 Status __; the

way it is 37 Powerful wind 38 Check writer 39 Early U.S. VP

Aaron __

40 Suffix for solo or

organ 41 Punctured

42 Wall color, often 43 Real __; Century

21’s business 45 Sifting devices 46 “__-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub…”

47 Cattle catcher 48 Burning fiercely 51 Be indebted to 52 Baby animal 55 Above suspicion 58 Discontinu­e 60 Light source 61 Stringed

instrument 62 Idaho expert 63 Diminishes 64 Period of time 65 Quiz

DOWN

1 Lion’s share 2 Annapolis school,

for short

3 Albert Einstein &

Marie Curie 4 Touch lightly 5 Clothing fasteners 6 Hearing organ 7 Up in the __;

unsettled

8 Not as neat 9 Bowler’s feats 10 Look for wild

game

11 “Fool me __,

shame on you…” 12 Prepared Easter

eggs

14 Happens again 19 Puts on weight 22 TV’s “__ Life to

Live”

25 Kick out of office 27 Biblical wise men 28 Make laugh 29 Piece of tall

marsh grass 30 Use weasel

words 31 Increase

suddenly

33 Ride cost

34 Deli loaf

36 Raw minerals 38 __ stove;

roundish heater

39 Good spellers’

delights 41 Item in a first

aid kit

42 Cut in half 44 Hoboes 45 Cutting tool 47 Ne’er-do-well 48 Competent

49 Fail to keep a

secret

50 Leg of __; fancy

entrée

53 __ up; runs out of 54 Lahr or Parks 56 Pupil’s place 57 Mex. wife: abbr. 59 Sup

 ?? Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews ?? 12/16/20
Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 12/16/20

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