Crossword Edited by Will Shortz No. 0518
ACROSS
Sleeper, e.g.
1
Suddenly spoke
5
(up)
Winner’s gesture
10
Apple product
15
since 1998
Grassy plain
16
“Here we go
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again …”
Confess one’s
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true feelings … or Step 1 for solving a jigsaw puzzle?
Eventually
21
Dirty money
22
Holiday
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celebrating the first day of spring Lowdown
24
Stop texting after
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a first date, say
Recover after a
28
heartbreak … or Step 2 for solving a jigsaw puzzle?
Gift of ___
34
Plethora
35
“Again!”
36
N.B.A. star
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Westbrook, to fans
Long, loose hood
39
Word before
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loose or tight
Div. for the
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Tampa Bay Rays
Tiny bit
46
Screening org.
49
Look for an ideal
50
partner ... or
Step 3 for solving a jigsaw puzzle?
Eat dirt?
54
Cold-weather
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cryptid
One volt divided
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by one ampere Performer’s
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comment to the audience
Tree that’s a
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source of salicylic acid, a precursor to aspirin
Get some
65
perspective … or what you do once you’ve solved a jigsaw puzzle? Animal that
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wears red pajamas in a popular children’s book
Porter alternative
69
Residents of
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Splitsville? Choose to
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participate
Run into a hitch?
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“The ___ is
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silence”: Hamlet
DOWN
Something that
1
may be raised on a farm
Nation bordering
2
the Arabian Sea Dunaway of
3
“Mommie Dearest”
By no means
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basic
Like a frisky
5
puppy
Feeling crummy
6
Gloomy
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atmosphere
“Quit it!” Medicinal rinse Elects
“This is a library!”
“Yeah, right”
Vice president in the 1990s Opposite of “da” Some scuba gear Evil clown in a horror film, e.g.
Intl. group with members on three continents 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 19 20
25
PUZZLE BY ANDY KRAVIS
___-savvy
27
St. ___ Girl (beer
28
brand)
Playwright whose
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work inspired the Peer Gynt Sculpture Park in 56-Down
Number of hole
30
cards in Texas hold ‘em
Relative of a
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raccoon
Dada pioneer
32
Max
Dreamcast
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console maker
Steffi who
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achieved a Golden Slam in 1988
“The Sweetest
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Taboo” singer, 1985
Console whose
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name sounds like a pronoun Sluggish
41
N.F.L. Hall-ofFamer
44 Michael
Word that might
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be said while pointing
TV series named
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second-best of all time by Rolling Stone, but which never won an Emmy
Story used for
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storage
What skullcap
51
mushrooms aren’t
Call back
52
Instagram effect
53
See 29-Down
56
“A little ___?”
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Charcuterie
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selection
Brand originally
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called Froffles
Sumptuous and
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expensive
Minerals ending
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in -ite, often
Mae who said “To
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err is human, but it feels divine”
“All right, I’ve
66
heard plenty”
Vim
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