The Oakland Press

Crossword Puzzle 1

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ACROSS

1 Sarah __, first woman governor of Alaska 6 Academic

acronym 10 Chem class

rooms

14 Therapy prefix 15 Cardamomin fused tea 16 Tierra en el mar 17 Blue Ribbon beer 18 Heavenly bear 19 Small bottle 20 2002 Hugh Grant film based on a Nick Hornby novel

22 Ogre, for one 23 Post-injury

regimen 24 Delicate 25 Strong, as a

storm

28 Reunion

attendee 29 Signal from the

wings 30 Gobbledygo­ok 36 Symbol on

several PC keys 39 Long-handled

tool

40 Puccini specialty 41 Three-time AllStar outfielder whose son was a seven-time N.L. MVP

44 Title for Richard

Starkey

45 RPM indicator 46 Drum kit cymbals 49 Put under 52 Shrek’s love 54 Blond hair, e.g. 55 Birds with short finch-like bills ... or, what the sets of circled letters literally are? 59 Come by

honestly

60 First name in

desserts 61 Bull-riding venue 62 “__ sow ... ”

63 A bit open 64 Wastes time 65 Canasta

combinatio­n 66 Foots the bill 67 Parcels (out)

DOWN

1 Fairy tale bear 2 Part of UAE 3 ESPN basketball analyst Rebecca 4 “There’s no

doubt!”

5 Talk aimlessly 6 Diving acronym 7 Pulsate

8 “Settle down!” 9 Soccer great

Hamm

10 Have a ball

11 Lao or Thai

12 __ from the past:

nostalgic event 13 Like pretzels 21 “May I speak?” 22 Bluegrass band

staple

24 Hall & Oates, e.g. 25 Nature’s

bandage

26 Costa del Sol

coin

27 Trick or treat 28 Under the covers 31 “This isn’t good” 32 Part of “MNF,” an in-season wkly. sports broadcast 33 Spanish for

“table”

34 One with a tyre in

his boot, perhaps 35 Scull crew 37 Managed to get 38 Tombstone first

name

42 Letters in early

dates

43 Chase away 47 Like mosaic tiles 48 Salon creation 49 Teakettle output 50 Backspace over

51 Hannah of

“Splash”

52 New venture 53 Structural

beams

55 Gulf of California

peninsula 56 1994 Jodie

Foster title role 57 “Trick” joint 58 Disrespect­ful

talk

60 Botanical fluid

 ?? By Mark McClain ?? 9/14/21
By Mark McClain 9/14/21

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