The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)

Crossword

No. 0723

- Edited by Will Shortz PUZZLE BY MICHAEL HAWKINS

ACROSS

Did a bang-up

1

job

Iota

10

Country without

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an official army, navy or air force Counterpar­t of

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“blanche” Revelation

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G.I. pal of

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Forrest Gump Plug, say

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Big name in

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slip-on shoes “Guarding ___”

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(1994 Shirley MacLaine movie) “Sure, they can

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go right ahead” Tank

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Crystal gazer’s

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lead-in Props to a

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proofreade­r Scrip specs

30

1994 Olympics

34

locale: Abbr.

Amusement park

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ride, perhaps Company

38

division

Like some

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parking and poetry Tasmania’s

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capital

Free add-on?

42

TNT, in poker

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slang

Spot of coffee?

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Lead-in to

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service or sacrifice Diciembre :

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doce :: enero : ___

Shiny balloon

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material Winter Olympics

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maneuver Certain bank job

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Relative of

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mauve

Queen’s “We Are

59

the Champions” vis-à-vis “We Will Rock You”

Cut back

61

More calculatin­g

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Attraction at a

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water park Broadway

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character who sings “The Rumor”

One way to

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gauge how well connected you are

DOWN

Looped in, in a

1

way

Kind of

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treatment Classic hit that

3

begins “My friends feel it’s their appointed duty …” Solid

4

Go down

5

“I shall see thee,

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___ I die, look pale with love”: “Much Ado About Nothing” Force

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Become slick, in

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a way Landing place

9

Letters that can

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fill in the blanks of “_A_D_ER” to make an appropriat­e surname Elusive thing for

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a popular show Pool service?

12

Rub out

13

Junglelike

14

One who knows

21

the drama of raising children? Maze runner

24

Swindle

28

Ankle-biter

29

Dashboard abbr.

30

“Do Ya” band,

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informally Experiment­ed

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with Enterprise group

33

Kylo of “Star

36

Wars”

Sixers in pro

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sports, for short? Elementium

39

or obsidium, in World of Warcraft

Low sound

40

Oversize letter at

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the beginning of a chapter Initiates a

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proposal, maybe “Good heavens!”

46

Fresh

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Once you’re

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forced into this, there’s no going back Stopping point

51

Still in it

52

Tears down

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Sluggish flow

56

Official

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document, informally

=

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Time for a

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countdown: Abbr.

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