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Today's crossword

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ACROSS

1 “Nope”

5 Pointers

9 City in northwest Missouri, informally

14 Kind

15 Words after count

or sleep

16 Sports complex 17 *“Let me enjoy my guilty pleasures!” 19 Shouts 20 Website revenue

source

21 Director Craven 23 Chemical in potent drain cleaners 24 Ankle-length skirt 26 PlayStatio­n

maker 28 Contribute­s 32 Ready to go trick-or-treating, say

36 Figure of speech 37 Ginger __

38 Love who co-hosted “The Real” 39 Pixar film about a

jazz pianist 40 Dance club compilatio­n, and what the answers to the starred clues literally are 42 Little cut

43 Idris of

“The Wire” 44 “Insecure” star

Issa

45 GPS suggestion 46 Elite athletes 48 Moderate gallop 49 Website with

tutorials

50 Overly confident 52 JFK successor 54 Chicken __ king 56 “Suppose so” 61 Minestrone and

chowder 63 *“Feelin’ fine!” 65 Allow to enter 66 Italian bubbly 67 Apollo project

destinatio­n 68 Uses a keyboard 69 Sunbeams 70 Humble reply to a

compliment

DOWN

1 Organic certifying

gp.

2 Parka feature 3 Footed vases 4 URL intro

5 Bird on Froot

Loops boxes 6 Handy list in the

back of a book 7 Swine

8 Hearty bowlful 9 Gives

permission 10 Three, in Italian 11 *Fruity treat often dusted with powdered sugar 12 “This is __ a test” 13 Loosen (up) 18 Foxx who voices the pianist in 39-Across 22 English county

on the North Sea 25 11-Down eater’s

dismayed cry 27 Country singer

Willie

28 Gone fishing, say 29 Dryly humorous 30 *Move that captures two checkers

31 Frolic in the pool 33 “Always Be My Maybe” actress/ writer Wong 34 Bring together 35 Peter, the pickled-pepper picker

40 Feature of some

Southern accents 41 Pickle container 45 Threw a tantrum 47 Browns lightly 48 Mayfield of R&B 51 A bit foggy 52 Future atty.’s

exam

53 __ language 55 Slightly open 57 Sleeveless top,

for short 58 Pretzel shape 59 Stench

60 Pt. of a B’way

address

62 __ chart 64 Mex. neighbor

 ?? By Taylor Johnson ?? 6/28/22
By Taylor Johnson 6/28/22

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