The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)

Crossword No. 0402

- Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

Veiled satire on

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Joseph Stalin Capital of

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Azerbaijan First Korean to

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win the Best Director Oscar Father of Eros

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“We are not

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getting back together” Compost

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ingredient

Toe preceder

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Show of amor

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Glazer of “Broad

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City”

Puts in stitches

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One who is so

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close (and yet so far)

Part of a

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promotion negotiatio­n Will who

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voices BoJack Horseman on “BoJack Horseman” Even a smidgen

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Old Testament

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figure who has a child while in her early 90s Long way around

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town?

Lists on eBay,

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say

He or I, but not

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you? Senator

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Klobuchar Smears

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Group of zombies

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Style

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Poet who said “If

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you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?” Like the “fact”

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that humans use only 10% of their brains Adverb in both

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French and Spanish Thrill

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“Gotcha!,” once

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Fig. that always

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includes a decimal Demographi­c

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of many TikTok users Oktoberfes­t garb

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Entr’___

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Rhyming term for

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a dessert What might be

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on the tip of your tongue? Killer look

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DOWN

Slightly

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Observatio­n from

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an observator­y Super-happy

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Grand opening

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for a casino? A+ work

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Start of a threeword

6 alliterati­ve name of a Shakespear­e play

Rivals

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Where Catalan

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is the official language Letter seen in a

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Christogra­m Many a fed.

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holiday

It may keep you

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on your toes Like a cheering

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crowd

Actor Reeves

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Hanging on a

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classroom wall, maybe Tony-winning

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musical written by Lin-Manuel Miranda during his second year of college

PUZZLE BY KYRA WILSON AND SOPHIA MAYMUDES

___ Woods, lead

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character in “Legally Blonde” Turbulence

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Cassady who

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inspired Kerouac Figure skater

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Lipinski Romantic couple

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Take on

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What Bristol Bay

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is an arm of Ctrl+Z

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Proofer’s

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33-Down

Joy ride, for

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example Mexican sauce

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made from chili peppers and chocolate “I’d think twice

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about that” Messed (with)

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Painter and

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devotee of 11-Down

About to be in

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office African language

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family Special delivery

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Bug spray

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ingredient Lute shape

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Kick in

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Colorless,

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odorless drug First mammal to

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be cloned Food scrap

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