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ACROSS

1 Balmy

5 Connors or Norris 10 __ the kill; there

for the climax 14 TV’s “Unhappily

__ After” 15 Scoundrel 16 Slangy reply 17 “__ Marleen”;

WWII song 18 Unproven charge 20 …FDR, HST, __,

JFK…

21 Actor Garcia 22 Drape pullers 23 Furniture dings 25 Olive Oyl’s hairdo 26 Like tunes that

stay in your head 28 Hate

31 Actress Kirstie 32 Sherpa or docent 34 __ opener; small

kitchen appliance 36 Committed

perjury

37 Sits for a photo 38 Gray wolf 39 Dieter’s concern:

abbr.

40 Bakery product 41 Word attached to

mouth or cycle 42 Magazine

editions

44 “Taxi” or “Cheers” 45 Printing store

chain

46 Butt heads 47 Terrible

50 Red and Dead 51 __ truck; car

puller

54 Dry white wine 57 Actress Seymour 58 All __ up; in

shreds

59 Clamor 60 Dentist’s directive 61 Houston & Elliott 62 Daisylike flower 63 Trial run

DOWN

1 Unite metals with

heat

2 Very eager 3 Determined;

unyielding 4 Presurgica­l scan 5 In a bad mood 6 __ on to;

clutches 7 Hideous

8 Signal to an actor 9 Small cask 10 Chant

11 Pinot __; dry red

wine

12 Like peas in __ 13 Change for a

twenty

19 Like sudden

sharp pain

21 “__ Breaky

Heart”

24 Coated with

frosting

25 Pieces of

furniture 26 Summon 27 Excuse 28 Passed on 29 Present

wrapper’s need 30 Social no-no 32 Leaves 33 Neighbor of Mex. 35 Accepted

standard

37 Get ready, for

short

38 Plenty

40 Construct 41 Farrow & Hamm 43 Shuns with

contempt 44 Murderer 46 Discontinu­e 47 __ on behalf of;

represents 48 Equestrian’s

command

49 Cultivate the land 50 In a __; sulking 52 Uno & eins 53 “Yankee Doodle

__ to town…” 55 “Cat __ Hot Tin

Roof”

56 Negative replies 57 __ down; make a

note of

 ?? Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews ?? 12/2/21
Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 12/2/21

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