SCRABBLE COUNTERS

ACROSS 1 Wallpaper pattern, say 6 Spot on a tie 11 Compass doodle 14 Where Bowie fell 15 Portland, Maine’s bay 16 Language of Vientiane 17 Office dupes 19 Prefix with hazard 20 Hounds’ quarries 21 “You’re fired!” speaker, 2004- 2015 23 Take a recess 27 Basra natives 28 Nook’s partner 29 Where originally placed 31 “Be silent,” on a score 32 Test for freshness, in a way 33 Ms. reviewers 36 Apt. features, in ads 37 “Cabaret” director Bob 38 Common chess ending 39 Crime lab evidence 40 Gin- flavoring fruits 41 Raise, as curiosity 42 Floating in water 44 River in a Strauss waltz 45 Nonlearner, in a proverb 47 Stop up 48 MLB part 49 Tread heavily 51 Rope- a- dope boxer 52 President of Israel, 1993- 2000 58 Rogue computer in “2001” 59 Befitting a king 60 Satchel in Cooperstown 61 Hole- punching tool 62 Coal deposits 63 Pelted on Halloween DOWN 1 Upper limit, for short 2 Corrida cry 3 Pine goo 4 Texter’s “I believe” 5 Where “Tallyho!” may be heard 6 Look upon with disdain 7 PC storage medium of old 8 “Buyer beware” phrase 9 Zamboni’s milieu 10 Whale’s blowhole, e. g. 11 New Mexico city 12 “Spider- Man” director Sam 13 Hens’ homes 18 Grant of “To Catch a Thief” 22 Mob informer 23 Took measures 24 Bathtub outlet 25 Hill climbers of rhyme 26 Rightmost till stack 27 Jersey or Capri 29 “That’ll do it for me” 30 Legendary loch 32 “Any day now . . .” 34 Applies sloppily 35 Like Splenda or Equal 37 Jolly Roger, e. g. 38 Surfboard flaw 40 Warehouse customers 41 Mythical man- goat’s instrument 43 Commotion 44 Igloo’s shape 45 D- Day beach 46 Legal drama with Susan Dey 47 Monks’ hoods 49 Sonic the Hedgehog’s company 50 Way around London, once 53 One of two in 52- Across 54 Turn sharply 55 Korean War jet 56 What candles may indicate 57 Australian outlaw Kelly

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