The Middletown Press (Middletown, CT)

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- Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

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1 Quick 6 Zurich-based

sports org. 10 Dis 13 Metaphoric­al title word in a McCartneyW­onder hit 14 Major

compositio­n 15 Dr Pepper

Museum city 16 Played hooky

from the office? 18 Journalist/author

Larson 19 Telegram period 20 Long in the tooth 21 Texas-Louisiana

border river 23 “Without

further __ ... ” 25 Taco toppings 26 Was sorry to have

set the alarm? 31 Random selection 32 Give a

halfhearte­d effort 33 Gratified and

then some 36 Pizzeria staples 38 Romantic dining

spot 40 Bush advisor 41 You can skip it 43 Piaggio transport 45 X or Y preceder 46 Made it through

the Civil War? 49 Lunchbox

container 51 “Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!” airer 52 Small creek 53 Meet at the poker

table 55 Hound sound 59 Downwind 60 Reached the 2016 Olympics the hard way? 63 Joker, for one 64 Continenta­l

divide 65 “Buffy” spin-off 66 Superhero

symbol 67 They’re fixed shortly after being intentiona­lly broken 68 Crystallin­e stone 1 Bench mates? 2 Bump up against 3 Little, to Luis 4 Rubber stamp

partner 5 Highlight provider 6 Barnyard regular 7 2001 Apple

debut 8 Lab coat 9 Welcomes warmly, as a visitor 10 Ready in a big

way 11 Cupcake cover 12 Uses a fireplace

tool 15 Online workshop 17 The Platters’

genre 22 x or y follower 24 Senior, to Junior 25 Amulet 26 Emulates

Eminem 27 Meter or liter 28 Revelation­s 29 Plants used to

make tequila 30 Cashed, as a

forged check 34 “... happily __

after” 35 Say no to 37 Tangled 39 Put in one’s two

cents 42 Mrs. Cullen in Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight” 44 Venomous snake 47 “I know, right?” 48 Sign next to free

samples 49 Hint 50 Luau

entertainm­ent 53 Gala giveaways 54 “Electric”

swimmers 56 “For that reason

... ” 57 Told a fantastic

story, perhaps 58 North __ 61 URL ending 62 Identify on

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By Debbie Ellerin ©2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 01/20/17

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