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ACROSS

1 Russian emperor 5 Drive back 10 Exhibit 14 Wahine’s dance 15 Eat away at 16 Easy to handle 17 Supportive friend 18 Tormented 20 Have regrets 21 Pushpin

22 __ up; speaks

freely

23 Specter

25 “The Sopranos”

network 26 Clergyman 28 Livestock

enclosure 31 Meanders 32 Cuddly-looking

marsupial

34 __ in on; visit

briefly

36 __ up; admits

guilt

37 WA’s Puget __ 38 __ on; incite 39 Calendar pg. 40 Rude dudes 41 Human trunk 42 Get off a ship 44 Walks leisurely 45 Birthday candle

count

46 __ Rouge, LA 47 Backbone 50 Contemptib­le 51 Fight ref’s call 54 Attorney’s aides 57 Watermelon

casing

58 “Once __ a

time…”

59 TV’s Milton 60 Decorated petits

fours 61 Comedian

Carvey

62 “God __ America” 63 Flying insects

DOWN

1 Word attached to

coal or broil 2 Largest South African ethnic group 3 “I pledge __ to

the…”

4 Sunbeam 5 Breakfast or

brunch

6 Standing straight 7 White meat 8 Wynn & Begley 9 Golfer Trevino 10 Daze

11 Abhor

12 “The __”; Gregory Peck horror film 13 Unites 19 Venomous snake 21 Fling

24 Skirt bottoms 25 __ up; rob at

gunpoint 26 Nudge

27 Used oars 28 Pantry stackables 29 Novice

30 Terrible 32 Nutcase

33 TV’s “Days of __

Lives”

35 __ and cons 37 Cold __; lip woe

38 Unexceptio­nal 40 Starbucks edible 41 Carryall

43 Fruit salad

ingredient 44 Large crowds 46 Bowling alley

supplies 47 Potato

48 One of the Three

Bears

49 Press clothes 50 Undressed 52 Leg part 53 Probabilit­y 55 Recede 56 Become firm 57 Tease

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Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 2/20/21

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