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Crossword Puzzle 1

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ACROSS

1 Holiday sub

5 Kilt wearer 9 “Mazes and Monsters” novelist Rona 14 Natural soother 15 To be, to Balzac 16 Popular ride app’s basic level of service 17 Perspirati­on cause by fear of failure

19 “Is it too risky?” 20 X

21 Turquoise kin 22 Indian strings 23 Lucky wristband 26 Autumn shade 28 Children’s author

Blyton

29 Spiral shape 30 Fashion label

from Milan 32 Gross less

deductions 35 “Don’t cheer yet!” 39 Gave the

go-ahead 40 Emcees 41 Ballpark officials 42 Fabergé perfume,

originally 43 Surgical tube 44 Best woman? 50 Gofer’s task 51 University of New

Mexico player 52 Game-winning

line

55 Arnold of “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” 56 Confined to one’s residence

... or, as the circles show, a descriptio­n of four puzzle answers 58 “All kidding __ ... ” 59 Totals

60 Poker stake 61 Church council 62 Redwood, e.g. 63 Aussie hoppers

DOWN

1 Only president who was also chief justice 2 Vogue alternativ­e 3 One born under the sign of Cancer

4 Oomph

5 Refuse conduit 6 Third-stringers 7 Dental care brand 8 Asian New Year 9 Court-ordered,

as a review 10 Eased up

11 Born in the wild 12 “__ Jacques” 13 Live and breathe 18 Sun, for one 22 “500” initials on

Wall Street 24 Repressed, with

“in”

25 Harvests

26 It’s eight in Madrid 27 “Order up!”

shouter

30 Italian sauce with

pine nuts

31 Word before race

or trap

32 Top dog 33 “SportsCent­er”

channel 34 Midterm or final 36 Crowded into 37 Elvis’ “__ Dog” 38 Camera setting that does everything except point and shoot

42 Best Actor winner for “On the Waterfront” 43 Hoity-toity sort 44 Parts of Western

landscapes 3/30/21 45 Culturally

pretentiou­s

46 Get in shape 47 Pancake maker’s

need

48 Metz man 49 Quite overweight 53 Fully aware of, as

a scheme

54 Lofty verses 56 Post-WWII pres. 57 Rowboat mover

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