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Crossword Puzzle 1

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ACROSS

1 Acid

4 Pine product 7 Swell

12 First name in

pharmaceut­icals 13 Irritated, with “on” 14 90% of Earth’s

volcanic rock 15 Otolaryngo­logist’s

colleagues? 17 Reach for rudely 18 Home-awayfrom-home vacation 19 Departure notice? 21 Historic period 22 PIN points

24 Big name in

databases 26 Solid vestment

choice?

30 Water in the

Seine

31 Rejoices

32 Foot specialist? 35 Like burnt coffee 37 Member of a

noted sailing trio 38 LGBTQ activist

George 39 Hershey toffee

bar

40 Home of The Trop 42 Clean Water Act

org.

43 Rodent reduction

measure?

46 One getting smashed at a bash

47 Big Island coffee

region

48 Faux follower 49 Servers at affairs 51 Donation drop-off

site 55 Afghanista­n’s

national airline 57 Minuscule biters, and a clue to understand­ing 15-, 26- and 43-Across

59 They take things

in stride

60 Nice ways to say

yes

61 Patel of “Lion” 62 __-pop: electronic

music genre 63 Test for M.A.

seekers 64 Medium claim

DOWN

1 Not a nice look 2 Pole, e.g. 3 Gossip

4 Lipton product 5 Branch or limb 6 Currency of

25-Down

7 It may be closed

at last call 8 Winner of the most medals at the 2020 Olympics

9 Tiny office printer 10 Screen problem 11 Sundance’s

sweetie 13 Squirmed 14 Certain breakdance­rs 16 Attract

20 Where hands may be brought together 23 Double, often 25 Birthplace of

Gloria Estefan 26 Poured-over

leaves 27 Cybersecur­ity

concern

28 2021 musical contest held in Rotterdam

29 Get away to get

together 33 Default result 34 Old phone

feature 36 Decrease? 38 Sneaks

40 Hindu teachings 41 __ Roll

44 Set in motion 45 Format for much

’80s music 46 Bash

48 Word with hall

and press 50 Make out, in

Britain

52 “Hey __”: classic

hit

53 Iowa college

town

54 Request on an

invitation 56 River isle 58 Collective

pronoun

 ?? By Margit Christenso­n ?? 9/24/21
By Margit Christenso­n 9/24/21

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